It had lost some leaflike pieces of skin.
"Stamped Caution"
Raymond Zinke Gallun
The surface sheet in expanding under sudden heat detaches itself in large, leaflike layers.
"Over Prairie Trails"
Frederick Philip Grove
It is instinctively a protective habit, of course, acquired through precisely the same causes that had given to animals their protective coloration-the stripes, say, of the zebra and tiger that blend so cunningly with the barred and speckled shadowings of bush and jungle, the twig and leaflike shapes and hues of certain insects; in fact, all that natural camouflage which was the basis of the art of concealment so astonishingly developed in the late war.
"The Metal Monster"
A. Merritt