bluewing

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There is, by the bye, a little blue butterfly whom the people call bluewing; you can see it in the summer sitting on the tall blades of the grass, and its wings resemble a flax blossom; a fluttering flax blossom with antenna instead of filaments.

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  1. The blue-winged teal of North America, Querquedula discors, a very common small duck with blue wing-coverts, much esteemed for the table. See cut under teal.

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  • There is, by the bye, a little blue butterfly whom the people call bluewing; you can see it in the summer sitting on the tall blades of the grass, and its wings resemble a flax blossom; a fluttering flax blossom with antenna instead of filaments Little Bluewing, the dragoon's little bluewing, that is, was not like other children; she always talked very sensibly, but she often said queer things, and everybody was puzzled to know where she got them from. —  In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
  • There is, by the bye, a little blue butterfly whom the people call bluewing; you can see it in the summer sitting on the tall blades of the grass, and its wings resemble a flax blossom; a fluttering flax blossom with antenna instead of filaments. —  In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
  • Little Bluewing, the dragoon's little bluewing, that is, was not like other children; she always talked very sensibly, but she often said queer things, and everybody was puzzled to know where she got them from. —  In Midsummer Days, and Other Tales
  • They are joined by a smattering of adult bluewing hens that either didn't nest or lost their clutches or ducklings early and didn't attempt renesting. —  chron.com Chronicle
 

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