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phasmids

phasmids is the plural of phasmid.

Meaning of phasmid

Noun

phasmid (plural phasmids)

  1. Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
    • 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.1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 19
  2. Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
  3. A phagemid.

Questions about phasmids

What is phasmids the plural of?
Phasmids is the plural of phasmid.

Words near phasmids in the dictionary

  1. phasmatids
  2. phasmatodean
  3. phasmatodeans
  4. phasmid
  5. phasmidic
  6. phasmids
  7. phasmophobia
  8. phasmophobic
  9. phasms
  10. phasogram
  11. phasograms

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