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Phasmatodea

noun

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

• Syn: ↑Phasmida, ↑order Phasmida, ↑order Phasmatodea

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda

• Member Meronyms:

↑phasmid, ↑phasmid insect, ↑Phasmidae, ↑family Phasmidae, ↑Phasmatidae, ↑family Phasmatidae, ↑Phyllidae, ↑family Phyllidae, ↑Phillidae, ↑family Phillidae

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\\ˌfazməˈtōdēə\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Phasmat-, Phasma + -odea

: a suborder of Orthoptera often considered a separate order, comprising large, cylindrical or sometimes flattened, chiefly tropical insects with long strong legs, strictly phytophagous habits, and very slight metamorphosis and including the stick insects and leaf insects

Useful english dictionary. 2012.