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- noun Plural form of
phasmid .
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Examples
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Speciation by hybridization in phasmids and other insects.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Speciation by hybridization in phasmids and other insects.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Popped over to my favorite local greenhouse to pick up some Pothos for the phasmids and while I was there took a couple pictures of some hybrid Phragmipediums.
Some Phrags 2007
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Popped over to my favorite local greenhouse to pick up some Pothos for the phasmids and while I was there took a couple pictures of some hybrid Phragmipediums.
Poikilotherms 2007
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When Sermonti was talking about twigs and leaves coming after phasmids, he was referring to Paleozoic fossils like protophasmids, not amber ones.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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The entomologists I have consulted prefer to gloss over the phasmids.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Sermonti says he asked, but they preferred “to gloss over the phasmids”.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Does this mean these two groups shared a common ancestor more recently than did phasmids and some other group?
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Most importantly, they also did not resemble leaves or sticks, and in fact, neither do many modern phasmids.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Sermonti says he asked, but they preferred “to gloss over the phasmids”.
Behe and bugs: Genesis of a Creationist canard? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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