phasmid

Pronunciation: /ˈfæz.mɪd/

The English word “phasmid” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect).
Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes.
A phagemid.

From Latin phasma (“apparition, specter, phantom”) + -id (nominal suffix), from Ancient Greek φάσμα (phásma, “apparition, phantom”).

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