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PHASMIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Phasmidae mean?
• PHASMIDAE (noun)
The noun PHASMIDAE has 1 sense:
1. stick insects
Familiarity information: PHASMIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stick insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Phasmatidae; family Phasmidae; Phasmatidae; Phasmidae
Hypernyms ("Phasmidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Phasmidae"):
stick insect; walking stick; walkingstick (any of various mostly tropical insects having long twiglike bodies)
genus Diapheromera (a genus of Phasmidae)
Holonyms ("Phasmidae" 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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