phasmid

Senso (Inglese)

1. Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
2. Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
3. A phagemid.

Concetti

insetto stecco

fasmido

sinonimi

phasmid insect

stick insect

walking stick

walkingstick

Traduzioni

phasmide

fásmido

Phasmide

Gespenstschrecke

fàsmid

phasmoptère

palo viviente

phasmidé

fasmatodeu

Stabheuschrecke

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈfæz.mɪd/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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