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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.
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
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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