WHITE ADMIRAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does white admiral mean? 

• WHITE ADMIRAL (noun)
  The noun WHITE ADMIRAL has 2 senses:

1. North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band

2. Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings

  Familiarity information: WHITE ADMIRAL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WHITE ADMIRAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

banded purple; Limenitis arthemis; white admiral

Hypernyms ("white admiral" 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 ("white admiral" is a member of...):

genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Limenitis camilla; white admiral

Hypernyms ("white admiral" 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 ("white admiral" is a member of...):

genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)