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FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
Synonyms:
brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("four-footed butterfly" is a kind of...):
butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "four-footed butterfly"):
Camberwell beauty; mourning cloak; mourning cloak butterfly; Nymphalis antiopa (of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders)
tortoiseshell; tortoiseshell butterfly (brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles)
painted beauty; Vanessa virginiensis (American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots)
admiral (any of several brightly colored butterflies)
red admiral; Vanessa atalanta (of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings)
Limenitis camilla; white admiral (Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings)
banded purple; Limenitis arthemis; white admiral (North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band)
Limenitis astyanax; red-spotted purple (similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces)
Limenitis archippus; viceroy (showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller)
anglewing (nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings)
comma; comma butterfly; Polygonia comma (anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing)
fritillary (butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver)
emperor; emperor butterfly (large richly colored butterfly)
Inachis io; peacock; peacock butterfly (European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot)
Holonyms ("four-footed butterfly" is a member of...):
family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)
