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timema

timema noun: any stick insect in the genus Timema and suborder Timematodea, which are native to western North America (mostly California), and which, having split off early from the ancestral group, are considered to preserve many primitive features.

Noun

timema (plural timemas)

  1. Any stick insect in the genus Timema and suborder Timematodea, which are native to western North America (mostly California), and which, having split off early from the ancestral group, are considered to preserve many primitive features.

Forms of timema

pluraltimemas

Questions about timema

What does timema mean?
Timema means any stick insect in the genus Timema and suborder Timematodea, which are native to western North America (mostly California), and which, having split off early from the ancestral group, are considered to preserve many primitive features.
What part of speech is timema?
Timema is a noun.
What is the plural of timema?
The plural of timema is timemas.

Words near timema in the dictionary

  1. timelord
  2. timelords
  3. timelore
  4. timelotem
  5. timely
  6. timema
  7. timemas
  8. timenoguy
  9. timenoguys
  10. timentin
  11. timeous

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