Usually means: Insect mimicking leaves for camouflage.
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  1. leaf insect: Merriam-Webster
  2. leaf insect: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. leaf insect: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  5. leaf insect: Vocabulary.com
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  10. Leaf insect, leaf insect: Dictionary.com
  11. Leaf-Insect, Leaf insect: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  14. leaf insect: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. leaf insect: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  Any of the insects in the family Phylliidae, which mimic leaves.

Similar:
walking leaf, leaf beetle, leaf-hopper, leaf-beetle, stick insect, leaf-footed bug, leafworm, leaf aphid, leaffolder, phylloxeran, more...

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walking leaf, leaf beetle, leaf-hopper, leaf-beetle, stick insect, leaf-footed bug, leafworm, leaf aphid, leaffolder, phylloxeran, more...



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