| 单词 | emperor of morocco |
| 释义 | > as lemmasemperor of Morocco emperor of Morocco n. now historical the purple emperor butterfly, Apatura iris. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Apatura > apatura iris (purple emperor) purple emperor1742 emperor of the woods?1749 high-flyer?1749 emperor1773 emperor of Morocco1788 emperor butterfly1822 1788 ‘P. Pindar’ (title) Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. 1837 Amer. Monthly Mag. Nov. 439 Two sides of the room were already covered with all manner of moths and butterflies, from the tinest white miller..up to the finest of the European tribes, the superb Emperor of Morocco. 1873 E. Bulwer-Lytton Kenelm Chillingly II. v. v. 354 A rare butterfly..called the Emperor of Morocco. 1907 Nelson's Encycl. IV. 396/3 Emperor Butterfly, Purple Emperor, or Emperor of Morocco (Apatura iris), a very handsome southern European butterfly, remarkable for its affection for putrid meat, by means of which it is readily trapped. 2010 P. Barkham Butterfly Isles xiv. 204 Iris, as the Emperor was called by devotees, was also hailed as the Emperor of Morocco, the Emperor of the Woods, and His Imperial Majesty. < as lemmas |
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