NOUN | plant | walking leaf, walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus | ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip |
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animal | walking leaf, leaf insect | tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body |
Meaning | ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip. | |
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Synonyms | walking fern, Asplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus | |
Broader | spleenwort | Any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium |
Meaning | Tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies. | |
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Synonym | leaf insect | |
Member of | Phyllium, genus Phyllium | type genus of the Phyllidae |
Broader | phasmid, phasmid insect | large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants |
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