Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of ctenophorans, typical of the family Bolinidæ.

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Examples

  • Many invertebrates are recorded from the islands, including two endemic butterflies, Hypolimnas bolina euphorioides and Junonia villida chagoensis.

    Maldives-Lakshadweep-Chagos Archipelago tropical moist forests 2008

  • Mr. Darwin's attention to the fact, that in the Diadema bolina the brilliant blue colour surrounding the white spots is only visible when we look towards the insect's head, and this is true of many of the iridescent colours of butterflies, and probably depends upon the direction of the striae on the scales.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • In the allied species, Diadema bolina, the females are also very different from the males, but are of dusky brown tints, evidently protective and very variable, some specimens having a general resemblance to the uneatable Euplaeas; so that we see here some of the earlier stages of both forms of protection.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

  • Mr. Trimen states that the male Danais chrysippus is sometimes deceived by the female Diadema bolina which mimics that species.

    Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

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