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FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does four-footed butterfly mean? 

FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLY (noun)
  The noun FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:

1. medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breastplay

  Familiarity information: FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOUR-FOOTED BUTTERFLY (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly

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)


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