单词 | admiral butterfly |
释义 | > as lemmasadmiral butterfly 5. Any of several nymphalid butterflies, chiefly of the genera Vanessa and Limenitis, with strikingly marked wings. More fully admiral butterfly. Frequently with distinguishing word. Cf. admirable n. 4.red admiral, white admiral, yellow admiral: see the first element. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Nymphalidae > subfamily Ithomiinae > genus Vanessa > vanessa atalanta (red admiral) admiral1699 admirable1742 red admirable1798 red admiral1840 1699 J. Petiver Musei Petiveriani iv-v. 35 Papilio major nigrescens tricolor, circulo ferè sanguineo ornatus. The Admiral. ?1703 J. Petiver Gazophylacii II. 24 The White Legorn Admiral. Mr. Robert Barklay, Surgeon, brought me this first from Legorn, since which it was caught in London by Mr. Bonavert. 1720 E. Albin Nat. Hist. Eng. Insects Descr. Pl. iii A most beautiful Fly called the Admiral Butter-fly. 1868 S. Baring-Gould Silver Store 116 Admirals on bark of oak Tarry till a sunny stroke O'er their scarlet stripes and rings Drinks the water from their wings. 1890 Daily News 14 Oct. 5/1 The butterflies of autumn, admiral and painted lady, sail from bush to bush. 1971 Evolution 25 699/2 Three forms of admiral butterflies (Limenitis spp.) were next offered to the birds in two paired simultaneous choices between mimetic and non-mimetic forms. 1989 N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 16 529/2 Craw (1975) has suggested that the yellow admiral (Bassaris itea) may occasionally migrate across the Tasman Sea. < as lemmas |
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