Definition of Phasmida

1. Noun. In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Phasmida

Phaseolus acutifolius latifolius
Phaseolus angularis
Phaseolus aureus
Phaseolus caracalla
Phaseolus coccineus
Phaseolus limensis
Phaseolus lunatus
Phaseolus multiflorus
Phaseolus vulgaris
Phasianidae
Phasianus
Phasianus colchicus
Phasis
Phasmatidae
Phasmatodea
Phasmida
Phasmidae
Phasmidia
Phe
Phebe
Phecda
Phegopteris
Phegopteris connectilis
Phegopteris hexagonoptera
Pheidias
Phellodendron
Phellodendron amurense
Phemie
Phemister graft
Phenaphen

Literary usage of Phasmida

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

1. The Insect Book: A Popular Account of the Bees, Wasps, Ants, Grasshoppers by Leland Ossian Howard (1901)
"... THE WALKING STICKS • (Family phasmida.) The insects of this family present some of the most striking forms known among the Hexapoda. ..."

2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1877)
"phasmida,—Westwood's Illustrated Catalogue of the phasmidae of the British Museum, 4to, 1859 (Latin and English). ..."

3. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1845)
"On the change to the imago the limb had regained its full size. Mr. Fortnum adds, that the young phasmida invariably eat the old skin after moulting. ..."

4. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1921)
"three dimensions, rather than merely in a single plane. The lines of descent of the phasmida and ... phasmida, Orthoptera (sensu stricto), etc. ..."

5. List of the Specimens of Birds in the Collection of the British Museum by George Robert Gray (1848)
"1829. ology of Australia. Parti. phasmida:. ByG. R. GRAY, KLS 4*0. i of species of phasmida;. By GR Gray, FLS STO. of Diurnal Lepidoptera. ..."

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