noun
medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
• Syn: ↑nymphalid, ↑brush-footed butterfly, ↑four-footed butterfly
• Hypernyms: ↑butterfly
• Hyponyms:
↑mourning cloak, ↑mourning cloak butterfly, ↑Camberwell beauty, ↑Nymphalis antiopa, ↑tortoiseshell, ↑tortoiseshell butterfly, ↑painted beauty, ↑Vanessa virginiensis, ↑admiral, ↑red admiral, ↑Vanessa atalanta, ↑white admiral, ↑Limenitis camilla, ↑banded purple, ↑Limenitis arthemis, ↑red-spotted purple, ↑Limenitis astyanax, ↑viceroy, ↑Limenitis archippus, ↑anglewing, ↑comma, ↑comma butterfly, ↑Polygonia comma, ↑fritillary, ↑emperor butterfly, ↑emperor, ↑peacock, ↑peacock butterfly, ↑Inachis io
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nymphalidae, ↑family Nymphalidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.