Phasmatodea

Phasmatodea
noun
in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Insecta, ↑class Insecta, ↑Hexapoda, ↑class Hexapoda
• Member Meronyms:

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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

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