walking leaf

walking leaf

n.1. A walking fern.2. See leaf insect.

leaf′ in`sect

n. any of several orthopterous insects of the family Phillidae, of S Asia and the Malay Archipelago, having a body that resembles a leaf in color and form. Also called walking leaf. [1860–65]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	walking leaf - ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tipAsplenium rhizophyllum, Camptosorus rhizophyllus, walking fernspleenwort - any of various chiefly rock-inhabiting ferns of the genus Asplenium
	2.	walking leaf - tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indiesleaf insectphasmid, phasmid insect - large cylindrical or flattened mostly tropical insects with long strong legs that feed on plants; walking sticks and leaf insectsgenus Phyllium, Phyllium - type genus of the Phyllidae