Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of a Japanese shrike, Lanius bucephalus, so called because of a buff patch on the wing.
- noun A name of a moth similarly marked.
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Examples
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The lappet moth (Gastropacha querci) closely resembles both in shape and colour a brown dry leaf; and the well-known buff-tip moth, when at rest is like the broken end of a lichen-covered branch.
Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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In the former cases the perfect insect is usually adorned with conspicuous colours, as the burnet and ragwort moths; but in the case of the buff-tip, the moth resembles a broken piece of rotten stick, yet it is partly inedible, being refused by lizards.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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Such are the mullein and the gooseberry caterpillars, the larvae of the spurge hawk-moth, of the buff-tip, and many others.
Darwinism (1889) Alfred Russel Wallace 1868
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