leaf insect
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of leaf insect
First recorded in 1860–65
Example Sentences
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He and Mr. Le Tirant spent several years poring through museum specimens, which has resulted in 21 newly described leaf insect species.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
Mr. Cumming, one of the world’s few experts on leaf insects, has never seen a leaf insect in the wild, only specimens in captivity or museums.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
Dr. Brock has seen wild stick insects, but never a wild leaf insect.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
They were laid by a wild-caught female Phyllium asekiense, a leaf insect from Papua New Guinea belonging to a group called frondosum, which was known only from female specimens.
From New York Times ● Dec. 1, 2020
Many of the cases in which certain insects escape danger by their similarity to plants are well known; the leaf insect and the walking-stick insect are familiar and most remarkable cases.
From A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. by David Starr Jordan
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