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phasmas

phasmas is the plural of phasma.

Meaning of phasma

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

Questions about phasmas

What is phasmas the plural of?
Phasmas is the plural of phasma.

Words near phasmas in the dictionary

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

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