walking leaf

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walking leaf

1. A walking fern.

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leaf′ in`sect

any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of S Asia and the Malay Archipelago, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form. Also called walking leaf.

[1860–65]

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Noun	1.	walking leaf - ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, walking fern spleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
	2.	walking leaf - tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies leaf insect phasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects genus Phyllium, Phyllium - type genus of the Phyllidae

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