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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A butterfly.
  2. n. A beautiful fish, Lampris luna, of large size, found in the open Atlantic and Pacific.
  3. n. The mariposa-lily.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico

Examples

  • “He did tell me he wished I could be his queen, but he knew I am truly a "mariposa" (butterfly) and must fly.”

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  • “By cojines, hamburguesa, escalera » efecto mariposa on September 17, 2009 at 11: 00 am”

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  • “But Dolly swerved from the road and dashed down a grassy slope yellowed with innumerable mariposa lilies.”

    Jack London's Short Story - Planchette

  • “In the open spaces on the slope, beyond the farthest shadow-reach of the manzanita, poised the mariposa lilies, like so many flights of jewelled moths suddenly arrested and on the verge of trembling into flight again.”

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  • “Watkins also loved trees, making stark portraits of the redwood, Arbutus, buckeye, sugar pine, cactus, Yucca, Douglas fir and giant mariposa, which he declared "A Perfect Tree.”

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  • “I posted about this a little while ago and I'm doing a post about two newly dsicovered whitewashed covers mariposa Club from BookGazing blog and a Mulan retelling.”

    In which I finally talk about that Dragon and the Stars Cover

  • “Desert mariposa (Calochortus kennedyi) and desert lily (Hesperocallis undulata) have bulbs that may remain dormant for several years until a deep soaking rain awakens them.”

    Adaptations of desert plants

  • “In 1920, he premiered his play, "El Maleficio de la mariposa" "The Butterfly's Evil Spell"; at the time, it was considered a scandal rather than a success.”

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  • “Una enorme mariposa parecida a ésta volando a la altura de mis ojos.”

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  • “Quisiera ser mariposa para volar hacia ti, y decirte, vida hermosa, que estoy muriendo por ti.”

    local colloquialism

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  • oroboros spanish word for "butterfly" Dec 7, 2006

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