Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. phasmata (-ma-tä). Same as
phasm . - noun [capitalized] A genus of gressorial or ambulatorial orthopterous insects, typical of the family Phasmidæ. It formerly contained all the curious creatures known as walking-sticks, but is now restricted to certain tropical forms.
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Examples
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The distribution of Demidoff's galago (Galagoides demidoff) subspecies follows a similar pattern, with G.d. anomurus and G.d. murinus found only on the right bank of the Congo and G.d. phasma found only on the left.
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The distribution of Demidoff's galago (Galagoides demidoff) subspecies follows a similar pattern, with G.d. anomurus and G.d. murinus found only on the right bank of the Congo and G.d. phasma found only on the left.
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Nevertheless, these phasma seldom alarm the solitary and belated
Two Years in the French West Indies Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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It must always be borne in mind that the more wonderful examples, in which there is not only a general but a special resemblance -- as in the walking leaf, the mossy phasma, and the leaf-winged butterfly -- represent those few instances in which the process of modification has been going on during an immense series of generations.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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[Greek: pothoi d 'uperpontias phasma doxei dom_on anassein.] (And in his yearning love for her who is over the sea a phantom will seem to reign over his palace.)
The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Tennyson 1850
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With 90+% of the CIA personnel holding down an office chair in the good old USA phasma ex machina
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Dakruonti epskei to phasma, kai edeito mê basanizein auto, mêde anagkazein omolsgein dti eiê], iv.
Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity John Henry Newman 1845
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These are his words speaking of this tragedy -- "Nec quidquam in illa admirabilius quam phasma quoddam horrendum, quod omnibus abis spectris quibuscum scatet Angelorum tragoedia longe (pace D-- ysn V
The Works of Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury in 12 Volumes $p Volume 12 Henry Fielding 1730
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