timema

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noun

Any stick insect in the genus Timema and suborder Timematodea, which are native to western North America (mostly California), and which, having split off early from the ancestral group, are considered to preserve many primitive features.

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Meanings

nountimema (plural timemas)

plural timemas

  1. Any stick insect in the genus Timema and suborder Timematodea, which are native to western North America (mostly California), and which, having split off early from the ancestral group, are considered to preserve many primitive features.

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

tammie
Cite this entry
APA

timema. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timema

MLA

“timema.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timema. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “timema,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/timema.

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