| 单词 | birdwing butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbirdwing butterfly More fully birdwing butterfly. Any of various large, boldly marked papilionid butterflies of Australasia and Asia that have distinctive long forewings. Cf. slightly earlier bird-winged adj.Birdwings, which include the world's largest butterflies, belong to three genera, Ornithoptera, Troides, and Trogonoptera.Queen Alexandra's birdwing: see the first element. ΚΠ 1873 E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) IV. 418/2 Butterflies, are numerous, and amongst them..Ornithoptera poseidon, the great bird wing butterfly one of the most magnificent insects in the world. 1901 M. C. Dickerson Moths & Butterflies i. 53 Some [swallowtails] measure eight or nine inches across the expanded wings and are called ‘bird-wing’ butterflies. 1943 Amer. Biol. Teacher 6 68/1 Birdwings have ovate anterior wings which makes them much wider than they are high. 2009 P. Laufer Dangerous World Butterflies x. 217 Birdwings sport the widest wingspread of any butterfly species. < as lemmas |
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