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HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hairstreak butterfly mean?
• HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY (noun)
The noun HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:
1. small butterflies having striped markings under the wings
Familiarity information: HAIRSTREAK BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small butterflies having striped markings under the wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
hairstreak; hairstreak butterfly
Hypernyms ("hairstreak butterfly" is a kind of...):
lycaenid; lycaenid butterfly (any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hairstreak butterfly"):
Strymon melinus (larvae are pests of various economic plants)
Holonyms ("hairstreak butterfly" is a member of...):
genus Strymon; Strymon (large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies)
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