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WALKING LEAF
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
Synonyms:
leaf insect; walking leaf
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("walking leaf" is a kind of...):
phasmid; phasmid insect (large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insects)
Holonyms ("walking leaf" is a member of...):
genus Phyllium; Phyllium (type genus of the Phyllidae)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
Synonyms:
Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhizophyllus; walking fern; walking leaf
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("walking leaf" is a kind of...):
spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)
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