Walking sticks and leaf insects

• Large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects [syn: phasmid insect ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context entomology English) Any insect of the order Phasmatodea; the leaf insects and walking sticks. (from 19th c.) 2 (context nematology English) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes. (from 20th c.) 3 A phagemid.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phasmid \Phas"mid\, n. [See Phasm . Probably so called from its mimicking, or appearing like, inanimate objects.] (Zo["o]l.) Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmid[ae] , as a leaf insect or a stick insect.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Phasmids are unicellular sensilia in the lateral tail region of certain species of nematodes . They are similar in their structure to amphid sensilla, but smaller. Phasmid neurons were recently shown to function in modulation of chemorepulsion behavior. ...