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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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