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
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.
• 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
24 November 2024
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The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
