/ English Dictionary |
MOURNING CLOAK BUTTERFLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders
Synonyms:
Camberwell beauty; mourning cloak; mourning cloak butterfly; Nymphalis antiopa
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("mourning cloak butterfly" is a kind of...):
brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)
Holonyms ("mourning cloak butterfly" is a member of...):
genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)