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phasma

phasma noun: a phasmid.

Noun

phasma (plural phasmas)

  1. (obsolete) A phasmid.
    • The true Paradise Birds are omnivorous, feeding on fruits and insects - of the former preferring the small figs; of the latter, grasshoppers, locusts, and phasmas, as well as cockroaches and caterpillars.1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, The Malay Archipelago, volume II, London: Macmillan and Co., page 395

Forms of phasma

pluralphasmas

Origin of phasma

From Latin phasma (“ghost, spirit”).

Questions about phasma

What does phasma mean?
Phasma means a phasmid.
What part of speech is phasma?
Phasma is a noun.
What is the plural of phasma?
The plural of phasma is phasmas.

Words near phasma in the dictionary

  1. phasitron
  2. phasitrons
  3. phasivirus
  4. phasiviruses
  5. phasm
  6. phasma
  7. phasmas
  8. phasmatid
  9. phasmatids
  10. phasmatodean
  11. phasmatodeans

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