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    PHASMID INSECT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insectsplay

    Synonyms:

    phasmid; phasmid insect

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("phasmid insect" is a kind of...):

    insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "phasmid insect"):

    stick insect; walking stick; walkingstick (any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies)

    leaf insect; walking leaf (tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies)

    Holonyms ("phasmid insect" is a member of...):

    order Phasmatodea; order Phasmida; Phasmatodea; Phasmida (in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects)

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