different between phasmid vs amphid

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæz.m?d/

Noun

phasmid (plural phasmids)

1. (entomology) Any insect of the order Phasmida: a leaf insect or walking stick (stick insect). [from 19th c.]
   • 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, p. 19:

     A giant phasmid (or stick insect) from India whose cage was over two metres tall spent long hours standing upon a perpendicular branch and staring into Mother's eyes.

2. (nematology) Either of the two caudal chemoreceptors in some nematodes. [from 20th c.]
3. A phagemid.

Translations

Anagrams

• amphids, dampish

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (amphidéa, “anything that binds or is bound around”), from ??????? (amphidé?, “to bind around”) +? -? (-?, action noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm.f?d/

Noun

amphid (plural amphids)

1. (nematology) One of a pair of chemosensory sense organs positioned laterally on the head of a nematode.

Hypernyms

• sensillum

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References

• “amphid”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).