Definition of Phasmid insect

1. Noun. Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects.

Exact synonyms: Phasmid
Generic synonyms: Insect
Group relationships: Order Phasmatodea, Order Phasmida, Phasmatodea, Phasmida
Specialized synonyms: Stick Insect, Walking Stick, Walkingstick, Leaf Insect, Walking Leaf

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phasmid Insect

phases out
phasetrafficked
phasetrafficking
phasianid
phasianids
phasic
phasic reflex
phasic sinus arrhythmia
phasically
phasing
phasing of nucleosomes
phasing out
phasings
phasis
phasmid
phasmid insect (current term)
phasmidic
phasmids
phasmophobia
phason
phasonic
phasor
phasors
phatagin
phatagins
phatic
phatic communication

Literary usage of Phasmid insect

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1892)
"Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of both sexes of an apparently nondescript phasmid insect allied to ..."

2. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Branch (1901)
"Although I have already given some account of the breeding of the huge Phasmid insect, since identified as Enr;ii-m-,m, ..."

3. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Dr. Sharp exhibited specimens of both sexes of an apparently nondescript "phasmid" insect allied to ..."

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