What does leaf insect mean?

leaf insect means "tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies".

What is another word for leaf insect?

Close synonyms include walking leaf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leaf insect a common word?

leaf insect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

leaf insect — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
Synonymswalking leaf
Broaderphasmid
Part ofPhyllium

Questions about leaf insect

What does leaf insect mean?: leaf insect means "tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies".
What is another word for leaf insect?: Close synonyms include walking leaf. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

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