DEAD-LEAF BUTTERFLY

Meaning of DEAD-LEAF BUTTERFLY in English

noun

: any of several tropical Asiatic butterflies (genus Kallima ) with underside of wings suggesting dead leaves when at rest — compare leaf butterfly

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

LEAF — I Any flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant . Leaves manufacture oxygen and glucose , which …
Английский словарь Британика
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
LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz) Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old English lēaf; akin to Old High German …
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DEAD — I. ˈded adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old High German …
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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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LEAF — — leafless , adj. — leaflike , adj. /leef/ , n. , pl. leaves /leevz/ , v. n. 1. one …
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DEAD — — deadness , n. /ded/ , adj., deader, deadest , n. , adv. adj. 1. no longer living; deprived of …
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BUTTERFLY — — butterflylike , adj. , adv. /but"euhr fluy'/ , n. , pl. butterflies , v. , butterflied, butterflying , adj. …
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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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LEAF — I. ˈlēf noun ( plural leaves ˈlēvz ; also leafs ˈlēfs) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English leef, from Old …
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DEAD — I. ˈded adjective Etymology: Middle English deed, from Old English dēad; akin to Old Norse dauthr dead, deyja to die, …
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BUTTERFLY — I. -ˌflī noun Usage: often attributive Date: before 12th century 1. : any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal lepidopteran insects including …
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LEAF — vi to shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in may. 2. leaf ·noun a …
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DEAD — adj bringing death; deadly. 2. dead ·adj destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter. 3. dead ·noun one who is …
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LEAF — [leaf] n, pl leaves also leafs often attrib [ME leef, fr. OE leaf; akin to OHG loub leaf] (bef. 12c) …
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DEAD — [dead] adj [ME deed, fr. OE dead; akin to ON dauthr dead, deyja to die, OHG tot dead--more at die] …
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BUTTERFLY — [but.ter.fly] n, often attrib (bef. 12c) 1: any of numerous slender-bodied diurnal insects (order Lepidoptera) with broad often brightly colored …
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LEAF — in botany, any usually flattened, green outgrowth from the stem of a vascular plant. Leaves manufacture food for plants, which …
Britannica English vocabulary
BUTTERFLY — Palaechrysophanus hippothoe, an iridescent butterfly any of several thousand species of insects belonging to about six families (or more, in …
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DEAD — dead BrE AmE ded ▷ deader ˈded ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ deadest ˈded ɪst -əst ▶ 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 …
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LEAF — / liːf; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ( pl. leaves / liːvz; NAmE /) 1. [ C ] …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DEAD — / ded; NAmE / adjective , noun , adverb ■ adjective NOT ALIVE 1. no longer alive : My mother's …
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BUTTERFLY — / ˈbʌtəflaɪ; NAmE -tərf-/ noun ( pl. -ies ) 1. [ C ] a flying insect with a long thin …
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LEAF — I. leaf 1 S2 W2 /liːf/ BrE AmE noun ( plural leaves /liːvz/) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . …
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DEAD — I. dead 1 S1 W1 /ded/ BrE AmE adjective [no comparative] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ dead , ↑ …
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BUTTERFLY — but ‧ ter ‧ fly /ˈbʌtəflaɪ $ -ər-/ BrE AmE noun ( plural butterflies ) [countable] [ Language: Old English …
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LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
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BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
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LEAF — n. & v. n. (pl. leaves) 1 a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
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BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1 any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
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LEAF — n. & v. --n. (pl. leaves) 1. a each of several flattened usu. green structures of a plant, usu. on …
Oxford English vocab
DEAD — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. no longer alive. 2 colloq. extremely tired or unwell. 3 benumbed; affected by loss …
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BUTTERFLY — n. (pl. -flies) 1. any diurnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, with knobbed antennae, a long thin body, and four …
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LEAF — ( leaves, leafs, leafing, leafed) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The …
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DEAD — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A person, animal, or plant that …
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BUTTERFLY — ( butterflies) 1. A butterfly is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is …
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BUTTERFLY — (butterflies) 1. A ~ is an insect with large colourful wings and a thin body. N-COUNT 2. Butterfly is a …
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LEAF — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bus goes/leaves ▪ The last bus went ten minutes ago. a lettuce leaf …
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BUTTERFLY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE white ▪ A pure white butterfly tossed about in the light on the edge …
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DEAD — (COMPLETE) [adjective] [before noun], [adverb] [not gradable] - complete(ly)The braking system enables the car to come from 100 km an …
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 …
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BUTTERFLY — noun 1 insect VERB + BUTTERFLY ▪ chase ▪ collect ▪ attract ▪ Sweetly scented flowers will attract butterflies to …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DEAD — INDEX: 1. no longer alive RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ ALIVE body of a dead person : ↑ BODY see also …
Longman Activator English vocab
DEAD — n. 25B6; adjective my parents are dead : PASSED ON/AWAY, expired, departed, gone, no more; late, lost, lamented; perished, fallen, …
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BUTTERFLY — n. 25B6; noun lepidopteran. See list. lepidopterous, papilionaceous. Butterflies See also moth . large blue Adonis blue map butterfly alpine …
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DEAD — adj. 1 deceased, defunct, extinct, gone, departed, late, lifeless, no more, Colloq done for, Slang Brit gone for a burton …
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LEAF — 1. сущ. 1) лист; листва autumn leaves ≈ осенние листья deciduous leaves ≈ опадающие листья leaves fall ≈ листья падают …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DEAD — 1. прил. 1) а) мертвый, бездыханный; умерший, скончавшийся to drop dead ≈ неожиданно умереть (от сердечного приступа) The doctor pronounced …
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BUTTERFLY
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LEAF — leaf.ogg _I 1. li:f n ( pl leaves) 1. 1> лист leaf litter - опавшие листья; лесная подстилка leaf vein …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DEAD — dead.ogg 1. ded n 1. (the dead) собир. мёртвые, умершие, покойники the dead and the living - мёртвые и живые …
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BUTTERFLY
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LEAF — 1) лист; тонкая пластинка 2) метал. листообразная формовочная лопатка 3) полотно ( двери ) 4) створка ( окна, двери, шлюзовых …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LEAF — 1) лист; тонкая пластинка 2) метал. листообразная формовочная лопатка 3) полотно (двери) 4) створка (окна, двери, шлюзовых ворот) 5) крыло; пролёт (разводного моста) 6) ворота …
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LEAF — 1) лист 2) листовой 3) листовый 4) листочный 5) пластинчатый 6) пластичный 7) срывной 8) створка • break up the leaf — ломать чайный лист leaf vacuum filter — рамный …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LEAF — leaf сущ.1) лист; листва autumn leaves — осенние листья deciduous leaves — опадающие листья leaves fall — листья падают leaves …
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
LEAF — _I 1. li:f n ( pl leaves) 1. 1> лист leaf litter - опавшие листья; лесная подстилка leaf vein /rib/ …
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DEAD — 1. ded n 1. (the dead) собир. мёртвые, умершие, покойники the dead and the living - мёртвые и живые to …
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