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Noun: walking leaf
  1. Tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
    "The walking leaf's camouflage made it nearly invisible on the plant";
    - leaf insect
     
  2. Ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
    "The walking leaf slowly spread across the mossy rock";
    - walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus

Derived forms: walking leaves

Type of: phasmid, phasmid insect, spleenwort

Part of: genus Phyllium, Phyllium

Encyclopedia: Walking leaf