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phasmid

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phasmid /phas·mid/ (faz´mid)
1. either of the two caudal chemoreceptors occurring in certain nematodes (Phasmidia).
2. any nematode containing phasmids.

phas·mid (fzmd)
n.
Either of a pair of caudal chemoreceptors occurring in nematodes of the class, Secernentea.

phasmid [faz´mid]
either of the two caudal chemoreceptors occurring in certain nematodes (Phasmidia).
any nematode containing phasmids.

phasmid
either of the two caudal chemoreceptors occurring in certain nematodes (Phasmidia).


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Paleontologists have found precious few phasmid fossils, and they had never previously unearthed one of a leaf insect.
Of the intestinal nematodes, only Trichuris trichiura does not possess the phasmid.
Most insects big enough to be a good snack for predators can fly away, but this phasmid had evolved on islands without such predators.
 
 
 
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