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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A walking fern.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
walking-fern . - noun An orthopterous insect of the family Phasmid æ., belonging to Phyllium or some closely allied genus.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical insect having a flattened leaflike body; common in southern Asia and the East Indies
- noun ferns having lanceolate fronds that root at the tip
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