phasmid

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfæz.mɪd/

Etymology

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

Synonyms

phasmid insect

stick insect

walking stick

walkingstick

Translations

phasmide

straszyk

fásmido

Phasmide

Gespenstschrecke

phasmidé

fàsmid

insetto stecco

fasmido

patyczak

palo viviente

phasmoptère

fasmatodeu

Stabheuschrecke