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CAMBERWELL BEAUTY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Camberwell beauty mean? 

CAMBERWELL BEAUTY (noun)
  The noun CAMBERWELL BEAUTY has 1 sense:

1. of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow bordersplay

  Familiarity information: CAMBERWELL BEAUTY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CAMBERWELL BEAUTY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("Camberwell beauty" 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 ("Camberwell beauty" is a member of...):

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


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