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  • noun zoology Any member of the Phasmatidae.

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  • Specimens of Lord Howe Island phasmid Dryococoelus australis (Ex), a large flightless phasmatid thought to be extinct on Lord Howe Island, is known to occur still on Ball's Pyramid.

    Lord Howe Island Group, Australia 2008

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