Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Any of various medium to large butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, found worldwide and characterized by vestigial forelegs and often brilliant coloring.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Pertaining to the Nymphalidæ, or having their characters.
- n. A nymphalid butterfly.
Wiktionary
- n. Any butterfly of the order Nymphalidae
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Any butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae , consisting of medium to large butterflies found worldwide, typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
WordNet 3.0
- n. medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
Etymologies
- From New Latin Nymphālidae, family name, from Nymphālis, type genus, ultimately from Latin nympha, nymph; see nymph. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“In the nymphalid butterflies, the pupa is often called a 'chrysalis' on account of the golden hue displayed by the cuticle, and the term”
“The means by which the suspended pupa of a nymphalid butterfly attaches its cremaster to the silken pad which the larva has spun in preparation for pupation, is worthy of brief attention.”
“Mail umn edu sneak is talkily new, but tenderizer to nymphalid furring to your drawl and crenelle mexico is forte on the bloodlust.”
“He was in a nymphalid for a few hours then he died ….”
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Flip your lid
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It's a Lepidopteran
Names of butterflies and moths that I find interesting, and terms associated with citizens of Lepidoptera.
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