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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[See

. Probably so called from its mimicking, or appearing like, inanimate objects.]

(Zool.)

Any orthopterous insect of the family

Phasmidæ

, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.

A phasmid, Bacillus rossius ♀

phasmid ‎(plural phasmids)

(entomology) Any insect of the order Phasmatodea; a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect). [from 19th c.]
- 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 19:
  A giant phasmid (or stick insect) from India whose cage was over two metres tall spent long hours standing upon a perpendicular branch and staring into Mother's eyes.
(nematology) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes. [from 20th c.]
A phagemid.

an insect