ursula

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I'll just take the opposite of what ursula takes and I'll be fine.

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  1. A North American butterfly, Basilarchia or Limenitis astyanax (formerly L. ursula). It is purple-black with slight blue and red blotches, and hence is called red-spotted purple. Its larva feeds on many plants, as willow, oak, blackberry, cherry, and species of Vaccinium.

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  • Lillian on January 15th 2009 at 4: 20pm view Lillian's chicity1126 on January 15th 2009 at 4: 21pm view chicity1126's great idea! the only cringe factor for me while looking at the first photo of ursula on the swing, is the rack of wine bottles to the left!! tamara on January 15th 2009 at 5: 59pm view tamara's —  A Whole Lotta Nothing
  • And before everyone starts freaking out about it, he was making a JOKE people! ursula Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 04: 08 PM EST —  Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
  • I'll just take the opposite of what ursula takes and I'll be fine. —  Podium Cafe
  • Limenitis misippus mimics Danais archippus, 248 ursula mimics Papilio philenor, 248 —  Darwinism (1889)
  • Here's the link: http: / / thehogshead. org / 2008 / 01 / 24 / discussion-ursula-k-leguin-on-the-decline-of-reading / —  HogwartsProfessor.com
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  1. from New Latin ursula, specific name, from Latin ursula, diminutive of ursa, a she-bear: see Ursuline.
 

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