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Definition of Family Phasmidae
1. Noun. Stick insects.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Phasmatodea, Order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmida
Member holonyms: Stick Insect, Walking Stick, Walkingstick, Genus Diapheromera
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Phasmidae
Literary usage of Family Phasmidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to Entomology by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1888)
"( Walking-sticks^) more grotesque in appearance than the are the insects constituting
the family Phasmidae, and commonly known as Walking-sticks, ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1905)
"... family Phasmidae," by James AG Rehn. (December 12, 1903.) "A Collection of
Fishes from Sumatra," by Henry W. Fowler. (December, 1903. ..."
3. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1905)
"The family Phasmidae includes those remarkable creatures which are so much like
twigs and leaves that they have been called walking sticks and leaf insects. ..."
4. Applied Entomology; an Introductory Text-book of Insects in Their Relations by Henry Torsey Fernald (1921)
"family Phasmidae (The Walking-Sticks) The Phasmids arc generally
called "walking-sticks." Their bodies are usually long and stick-like, due largely
to their ..."
5. Hand-book of Indian Agriculture by Nitya Gopal Mukerji (1901)
"(2) To the family Phasmidae belong the stick-insects and leaf-insects, with long
slender bodies and legs, some of which are wingless. ..."
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