BIRD-WING BUTTERFLY

Meaning of BIRD-WING BUTTERFLY in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷- noun

also bird wing

: any of various very large often brilliantly colored butterflies (family Papilionidae) of southeast Asia, the East Indies, and tropical Australia

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BUTTERFLY — I Any of more than 17,000 lepidopteran species found worldwide. Unlike moth s, butterflies are active during the day and …
Английский словарь Британика
BIRD — I Any of the warm-blooded, beaked A covering of feather s distinguishes birds from all other animals. Birds have a …
Английский словарь Британика
WING — I. ˈwiŋ noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English winge, wenge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish …
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BUTTERFLY — I. ˈbəd.ə(r)ˌflī, -ətə- noun Etymology: Middle English butterflie, from Old English buterflēoge, from butere butter + flēoge fly, perhaps from …
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BIRD
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WING — /wing/ , n. 1. either of the two forelimbs of most birds and of bats, corresponding to the human arms, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — — butterflylike , adj. , adv. /but"euhr fluy'/ , n. , pl. butterflies , v. , butterflied, butterflying , adj. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BIRD
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. any of a number of winged insects of the order Lepidoptera having long slender bodies and four colorful wings; …
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WING — I. ˈwiŋ noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English winge, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Danish & Swedish vinge wing; …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — I. -ˌflī noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. : any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WING — vt to supply with wings or sidepieces. 2. wing ·vt to transport by flight; to cause to fly. 3. wing …
Webster English vocab
BIRD — noun fig.: a girl; a maiden. 2. bird ·vi to catch or shoot birds. 3. bird ·noun specifically, among sportsmen, …
Webster English vocab
WING — [wing] n, often attrib [ME winge, of Scand origin; akin to Dan & Sw vinge wing; akin to Skt vati …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTERFLY — [but.ter.fly] n, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal insects (order Lepidoptera) with broad often brightly colored …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BIRD — [bird] n, often attrib [ME, fr. OE bridd] (bef. 12c) 1 archaic: the young of a feathered vertebrate 2: any …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BUTTERFLY — Palaechrysophanus hippothoe, an iridescent butterfly any of several thousand species of insects belonging to about six families (or more, in …
Britannica English vocabulary
BIRD — warm-blooded vertebrate of the class Aves, unique in having feathers and forelimbs modified into wings. The dispersal of birds is …
Britannica English vocabulary
WING — wing, Wing BrE AmE wɪŋ ▷ winged wɪŋd ▷ winging ˈwɪŋ ɪŋ ▷ wings wɪŋz ▶ ˈ wing com ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — butter|fly BrE AmE ˈbʌt ə |flaɪ AmE \ ˈbʌt̬ ə r- ▷ butter|flies flaɪz ▶ ˈ butterfly bush BrE AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BIRD — bird, Bird BrE AmE bɜːd AmE bɝːd ▷ birding ˈbɜːd ɪŋ AmE ˈbɝːd ɪŋ ▷ birds bɜːdz AmE \ bɝːdz …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WING — / wɪŋ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun OF BIRD / INSECT 1. [ C ] one of the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — / ˈbʌtəflaɪ; NAmE -tərf-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a flying insect with a long thin …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BIRD — / bɜːd; NAmE bɜːrd/ noun 1. a creature that is covered with feathers and has two wings and two legs. …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WING — I. wing 1 S2 W2 /wɪŋ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . BIRD/INSECT a) one of the parts of a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BUTTERFLY — but ‧ ter ‧ fly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ $ -ər-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural butterflies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English …
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BIRD
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WING
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WING
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BIRD — n. 1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WING
Oxford English vocab
BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1. any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
Oxford English vocab
BIRD — n.1 a feathered vertebrate with a beak, with two wings and two feet, egg-laying and usu. able to fly. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
WING — ( wings) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. The wings of a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — ( butterflies) 1. A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — (butterflies) 1. A ~ is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is a …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
WING — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird flaps its wings (= it moves its wings up and down ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird's/eagle's/crow's etc nest ▪ an abandoned bird's nest bird dog bird flu bird of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BIRD — (PERSON) [noun] [C] - (informal) a person of the type stated, or (UK and ANZ slang) a (young) woman(informal) He's …
Cambridge English vocab
BUTTERFLY — n. butterfly bush admiral butterfly blue butterfly butterfly weed cabbage butterfly copper butterfly monarch butterfly sulphur butterfly sulfur butterfly swallowtail …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BUTTERFLY — n. Any of more than 17,000 lepidopteran species found worldwide. Unlike moth s, butterflies are active during the day and …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BIRD — n. elephant bird bird of prey bird stone bird's foot trefoil Bird Larry Joe bird of paradise bird watching frigate …
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BIRD
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
WING — See: CLIP ONE'S WINGS, LEFT-WING, ON THE WING, RIGHT-WING, UNDER ONE'S WING.
Slang English vocab
WING — noun 1 of a bird/insect ADJECTIVE ▪ left , right ▪ front ▪ The beetle's front ~s are small and …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — noun 1 insect VERB + BUTTERFLY ▪ chase ▪ collect ▪ attract ▪ Sweetly scented flowers will attract butterflies to …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BUTTERFLY — n. 25B6; noun lepidopteran. See list. lepidopterous, papilionaceous. Butterflies See also moth . large blue Adonis blue map butterfly alpine …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BIRD
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
WING — See: CLIP ONE'S WINGS, LEFT-WING, ON THE WING, RIGHT-WING, UNDER ONE'S WING.
Словарь английских идиом
WING
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BUTTERFLY
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BIRD
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WING
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BUTTERFLY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BIRD
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WING — 1) крыло 2) лезвие ( бура ) 3) лопасть ( бурового долота, обтюратора ) 4) флигель; крыло ( здания ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WING — 1) крыло 2) лезвие (бура) 3) лопасть (бурового долота, обтюратора) 4) флигель; крыло (здания) 5) створка (двери); полотно (двери-вертушки) 6) метал. полка (уголка) 7) швейн. верхняя …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WING — крыло aerodynamic center of wing — аэродинамический фокус крыла aspect ratio of wing — относительное удлинение крыла blunt edge of a wing — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WING — wing сущ.1) а) крыло to add/lend wings (to) — окрылять, придавать смелости to spread one's wings — расправить крылья The …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BUTTERFLY — butterfly сущ.1) бабочка to collect butterflies — собирать бабочек A butterfly flits from flower to flower. — Бабочка порхает с …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger

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