PHASMATODEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Phasmatodea mean? 

• PHASMATODEA (noun)
  The noun PHASMATODEA has 1 sense:

1. in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHASMATODEA (noun)

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Meaning:

In some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

order Phasmatodea; order Phasmida; Phasmatodea; Phasmida

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

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Phasmatodea"):

phasmid; phasmid insect (large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects)

family Phasmatidae; family Phasmidae; Phasmatidae; Phasmidae (stick insects)

family Phillidae; family Phyllidae; Phillidae; Phyllidae (leaf insects)

Holonyms ("Phasmatodea" is a member of...):

class Hexapoda; class Insecta; Hexapoda; Insecta (insects; about five-sixths of all known animal species)