HyperDic: tortoiseshell_butterfly

English > 1 sense of the expression tortoiseshell butterfly:
NOUNanimaltortoiseshell butterfly, tortoiseshellbrilliantly colored
English > tortoiseshell butterfly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningbrilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles.
Synonymtortoiseshell
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
Spanishcarey

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