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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:

Nouns denoting animals

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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("walking leaf" is a kind of...):

spleenwort (any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium)

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