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WALKING LEAF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does walking leaf mean? 

WALKING LEAF (noun)
  The noun WALKING LEAF has 2 senses:

1. ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tipplay

2. tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indiesplay

  Familiarity information: WALKING LEAF used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WALKING LEAF (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Asplenium rhizophyllum; Camptosorus rhizophyllus; walking fern; walking leaf

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

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


Sense 2

Meaning:

Tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leaf insect; walking leaf

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)


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