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    MOURNING CLOAK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow bordersplay

    Synonyms:

    Camberwell beauty; mourning cloak; mourning cloak butterfly; Nymphalis antiopa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("mourning cloak" is a kind of...):

    brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)

    Holonyms ("mourning cloak" is a member of...):

    genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)

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