HyperDic: mourning_cloak

English > 1 sense of the expression mourning cloak:
NOUNanimalmourning cloak, mourning cloak butterfly, Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopaof temperate regions
English > mourning cloak: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningOf temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders.
Synonymsmourning cloak butterfly, Camberwell beauty, Nymphalis antiopa
Member ofNymphalis, genus Nymphalistype genus of the Nymphalidae
Broadernymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterflyMedium to large butterflies found worldwide / worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast

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