phasmid

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Synoniemen

phasmid insect

stick insect

walking stick

walkingstick

Vertalingen

phasmide

fásmido

Phasmide

Gespenstschrecke

phasmidé

fàsmid

insetto stecco

fasmido

palo viviente

phasmoptère

fasmatodeu

Stabheuschrecke

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈfæz.mɪd/

Etymologie (Engels)

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