An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
PHASMID
phasmid, phasmid insect
(noun) large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phasmid (plural phasmids)
(entomology) Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect). [from 19th c.]
(nematology) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes. [from 20th c.]
A phagemid.
Anagrams
• amphids, dampish
Source: Wiktionary
Phas"mid, n. Etym: [See Phasm. Probably so called from its mimicking, or appearing like, inanimate objects.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidæ, as a leaf insect or a stick insect.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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