walking leaf (wakinglef)

1. Same as walking - fern.-2. An orthopterous insect of the family Phasmidæ, belonging to Phyllium or some closely allied genus. The body is flat, the antennæ are short, the legs have broad leaf-like expansions; the female wing-covers are large, and veined like leaves, Same as walking-stick, walk 2. See stick - bug , 1, and walking straw. walking-tyrant (wa'king-tīrant), n. A South American tyrant-flycatcher, Mache torn is rixosa (formerly Chrysolophus hus ambulans , whence the book-name). It is a strong form, with long bill and stout legs, apparently belonging to the tæniopterine sec IMG:content-2020.jpg:[graphic] Walking-tyrant ( Mache torn is rixosa). tion of the family. It is of a brownish-olive color, beneath bright-yellow, the wings and tail brown, the latter with yellowish tip, and a crown with a median scarlet crest. It is 74 inches long, and inhabits the plains of Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, the Argentine Republic, and Venezuela. walking-wheel (wa'king-hwēl), n. 1. A cyl- inder which is made to revolve about an axle by the weight of men or animals climbing by steps either its external or its internal periphery, be- ing employed for the purpose of raising water, grinding corn, and various other operations for which a moving power is required. See tread- wheel .-2. A pedometer. E. H. Knight. walk-millt (wak'mil), n. [ walk - mylne ; walk + milll .] A fulling-mill. Hys luddokkys [loins] thay lowke like walk - mylne Towneley Mysteries , p. 313. clogges. The Clothiers in Flanders, by the flatne e of their riuers, cannot make Walk milles for their clothes [cloths]. walk-out (wak'out), n. Hakluyt's Voyages, II. 163. A laborer's strike. [Colloq., U. S.] walk-over (wak'over), n. In sporting , a race in which but contestant appears, who, being obliged to go over the course, may walk instead running; also, the winning such a race; hence, figuratively, an easy victory; succe gained without serious opposition. [Colloq.] "That's the bay stallion there," said one man to me, as he pointed to a racer, "and he 's never been beaten. It's his walk - over ." The Century , XXXVIII. 403. wingle , while the males generally po e large wings, but lack wing-covers or tegmina. Also called leaf - insect. See cut under Phyllium , compare walking - stick ,