Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A butterfly.
- n. A beautiful fish, Lampris luna, of large size, found in the open Atlantic and Pacific.
- n. The mariposa-lily.
WordNet 3.0
- 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.”
“By cojines, hamburguesa, escalera » efecto mariposa on September 17, 2009 at 11: 00 am”
“But Dolly swerved from the road and dashed down a grassy slope yellowed with innumerable mariposa lilies.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Una enorme mariposa parecida a ésta volando a la altura de mis ojos.”
“Quisiera ser mariposa para volar hacia ti, y decirte, vida hermosa, que estoy muriendo por ti.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘mariposa’.
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Sue's favorite words
panache, flair, pantaloons, periwinkle, pumpernickel, persnickety, cachet, coquette, élan, iris, ambrosia, keen and 99 more...
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It's a Fish
kelpfish, fatfin, dollarfish, barrelfish, palometa, poppy-fish, ballan-wrasse, sweetlips, bichir, finpike, bergall, cunner and 192 more...
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Flora and fauna in foreign languages
Charming - they have to be charming - non-English words for the birds and bees. Please provide English translation in a comment to the word. And why not tag the word with the language while you're ...
stiefmütterchen, amor-perfeito, ma�?eha, анютины глазки, schmetterling, viola del pensiero, mariquita, aquila, kumbang, gušter, jaran, martin�?ek and 59 more...
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marginalia
exuberance, potsherds, earthbound, marcher, märchen, pastiche, transliterated, crocodile, oxbridge, jejune, publican, antithesis and 143 more...
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words i love
fuss, rhythm, obfuscate, sumptuous, decadence, ethereal, peach, stingy, muscle, wrapper, corpus, dastardly deed and 90 more...
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It's a Lepidopteran
Names of butterflies and moths that I find interesting, and terms associated with citizens of Lepidoptera.
Here are elfins, satyrs and wood-nymphs ruled by some sovereign such as an em...clearwing, whitespot, miller, underwing, lettuce-shark, owlet, gamma, fanfoot, mason moth, mought, goldtail, noctuid and 132 more...
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ktrey's wordlist
Words that I like.
Many may be lexicographically impotent due to a lack of citations and definition. Hopefully I'll be able to rectify this eventually.velleity, dispositive, bloviate, bibulous, fungible, concupiscence, avuncular, carnaptious, thrawn, hypocoristic, diegesis, lagniappe and 928 more...
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FTL
Words listed first by me that don't belong in any other list.
licit, precis, mnemosyne, badinage, mariposa, lepidoptera, coruscation, poignant, meme, oxymoron, xenophobia, asterism and 128 more...
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Words of Whimsy & Grace
abecedary, addendum, ampersand, anachronism, avuncular, balderdash, barnacle, befuddle, behemoth, bejeebers, blabbermouth, blatherskite and 465 more...
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favorite words
sawbones, grackle, celadon, brio, loam, trull, mint, saliva, serape, frisson, impasto, reek and 547 more...
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Beautiful and profane
Words about sex and sexuality that I find pleasing
pudenda, cunt, dyke, slick, lick, come, sapphic, queen, queer, kiss, buss, princeton rub and 18 more...
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Beautiful Words
Words that sound beautiful.
opal, sapphire, aquatic, requiem, serenity, mystique, cascade, liquid, serendipity, soliloquy, cerulean, mystic and 60 more...
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Flowers and trees and shrubbery
queen anne's lace, honeysuckle, rhododendron, skunk cabbage, azalea, heliotrope, gladiola, saxifrage, mariposa, mimosa, cork oak, dwarfed pine and 1 more...
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Tauromachy
Bullfighting terms used in the Hemingway book "The Dangerous Summer"
aficionado, alternativa, apartado, arena, banderilla, banderillero, barrera, brío, burladero, callejón, capa, capote and 77 more...
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nkoss's Words
Tweets
Looking for tweets for mariposa.

oroboros spanish word for "butterfly" Dec 7, 2006