noun
anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
• Syn: ↑comma, ↑Polygonia comma
• Hypernyms: ↑nymphalid, ↑nymphalid butterfly, ↑brush-footed butterfly, ↑four-footed butterfly
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polygonia, ↑genus Polygonia
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noun also comma : a common No. American anglewing butterfly (Polygonia comma) having a silvery comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hind wings and larvae that feed on elm, nettles, and hop; sometimes : any of several other butterflies of the genus Polygonia
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comma butterfly noun
A brown and orange nymphaline butterfly (Polygonia calbum), having wings with ragged outlines and with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of the hind wing
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Main Entry: ↑comma
Useful english dictionary. 2012.