phasmid insect

What does phasmid insect mean?

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

What is another word for phasmid insect?

Close synonyms include phasmid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is phasmid insect a common word?

phasmid insect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for phasmid insect come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.