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PHASMATIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phasmatidae mean? 

PHASMATIDAE (noun)
  The noun PHASMATIDAE has 1 sense:

1. stick insectsplay

  Familiarity information: PHASMATIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PHASMATIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Stick insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Phasmatidae; family Phasmidae; Phasmatidae; Phasmidae

Hypernyms ("Phasmatidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Phasmatidae"):

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

genus Diapheromera (a genus of Phasmidae)

Holonyms ("Phasmatidae" 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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