phasmid

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English

A phasmid, Bacillus rossius ♀

Etymology

From Latin phasma (“apparition, specter, phantom”) +‎ -id (nominal suffix), from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma, “apparition, phantom”).

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Noun

phasmid (plural phasmids)

  1. (entomology) Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
    • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 19:
      A giant phasmid (or stick insect) from India whose cage was over two metres tall spent long hours standing upon a perpendicular branch and staring into Mother's eyes.
  2. (nematology) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
  3. A phagemid.

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