NYMPHALID

Meaning of NYMPHALID in English

[nym.pha.lid] n [NL Nymphalidae, ultim. fr. L nympha nymph] (1897): any of a family (Nymphalidae) of butterflies (as a mourning cloak or fritillary) with the first pair of legs reduced in size in both sexes and useless for walking -- nymphalid adj

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NYMPHALID — noun Etymology: New Latin Nymphalidae, ultimately from Latin nympha nymph Date: 1897 any of a family (Nymphalidae) of butterflies (as …
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NYMPHALID — I. nimˈfalə̇d, -fāl-, -fäl- adjective Etymology: New Latin Nymphalidae : of or relating to the Nymphalidae II. noun ( -s …
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NYMPHALID — /nim"feuh lid/ , n. 1. a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining …
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NYMPHALID — noun Etymology: New Latin Nymphalidae, ultimately from Latin nympha nymph Date: 1897 : any of a family (Nymphalidae) of butterflies …
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NYMPHALID — Pronunciation: nim- ' fa-l ə d, ' nim-f ə -l ə d Function: noun Etymology: New Latin Nymphalidae, ultimately from …
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VICEROY — noun Etymology: Middle French vice-roi, from vice- + roi king, from Old French rei, roi, from Latin reg-, rex Date: …
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TORTOISESHELL — I. noun Date: 1632 the mottled horny substance of the shell of the hawksbill turtle used especially formerly in inlaying …
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RED ADMIRAL — noun Date: 1798 a nymphalid butterfly ( Vanessa atalanta ) that is common in both Europe and America, has broad …
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PAINTED LADY — noun Date: 1753 a migratory nymphalid butterfly ( Vanessa cardui ) with wings mottled in brown, orange, black, and white, …
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MOURNING CLOAK — noun Date: 1898 a blackish-brown nymphalid butterfly ( Nymphalis antiopa ) that has a broad yellow border on the wings …
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MILKWEED BUTTERFLY — noun Date: 1880 any of a family (Danaidae) or nymphalid subfamily (Danaine) of large butterflies feeding on plants of the …
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LEAF BUTTERFLY — noun Date: 1882 any of a genus ( Kallima ) of nymphalid butterflies of southern Asia with wings resembling dried …
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FRITILLARY — noun (plural -laries) Etymology: New Latin fritillaria Date: 1633 fritillaria , any of numerous nymphalid butterflies ( Argynnis, Speyeria, and …
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COMMA — noun see: capon Date: 1554 a punctuation mark, used especially as a mark of separation within the sentence, pause , …
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ADMIRAL — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French amiral commander & Medieval Latin ~is emir, ~lus ~, from Arabic amīr-al- commander of …
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BUCKEYE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( -s ) Etymology: buck (I) + eye 1. [so called from the appearance of the seed] …
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BALTIMORE — I. ˈbȯltəˌmō(ə)r, -mȯ(ə)r, -mōə, -mȯ(ə), -_mə(r) sometimes -ltēm- or, locally & in rapid speech, -ləm- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: …
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VANESSA — vəˈnesə noun Etymology: New Latin 1. capitalized : a cosmopolitan genus of nymphalid butterflies that includes several large brightly colored …
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PURPLE EMPEROR — noun : a large European nymphalid forest butterfly ( Apatura iris ) that in the male has the wings shaded …
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PRECIS — ˈprēsə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin : a widely distributed genus of chiefly tropical nymphalid butterflies that includes the …
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PEARL CRESCENT — noun : a nymphalid butterfly ( Phyciodes tharos ) common in eastern No. America
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NYMPHALIS — nimˈfalə̇s, -fāl-, -fäl- noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nymphal, from nympha nymph + -alis -al — more …
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LEAF BUTTERFLY — noun : any of various butterflies that mimic leaves ; especially : those constituting the nymphalid genus Kallima found in …
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KALLIMA — ˈkaləmə noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably irregular from Greek kallimos beautiful, from kallos beauty — more at calli- …
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BANDED PURPLE — noun : a nymphalid butterfly ( Limenitis arthemis ) of northeastern No. America with blue-black wings crossed by a broad …
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ARGYNNIS — ärˈjinə̇s noun Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek Argynnis, epithet of Aphrodite as worshiped in the Boeotian town …
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TORTOISESHELL — /tawr"teuhs shel'/ , n. Also, tortoise shell . 1. a horny substance of a mottled brown and yellow coloration, composing …
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THISTLE BUTTERFLY — any nymphalid butterfly of the genus Vanessa, as the red admiral or painted lady. [ 1830-40 ]
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PURPLE — — purpleness , n. /perr"peuhl/ , n. , purpler, purplest , adj., v., purpled, purpling . n. 1. any color …
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OWL BUTTERFLY — any of several South American nymphalid butterflies of the genus Caligo, esp. C. eurylochus, having a spot like an owl's …
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FRITILLARY — /frit"l er'ee/ , n. , pl. fritillaries . any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and …
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BRUSH-FOOTED BUTTERFLY — also called Four-footed Butterfly, any insect of the cosmopolitan family Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera), named for their characteristically reduced adult forelegs, …
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