diana1
/dʌɪˈanə
/noun
A North American fritillary (butterfly), the male of which is orange and black and the female blue and black.
- Speyeria diana, subfamily Argynninae, family Nymphalidae.
- Luoguella diana n. sp. differs from Luoguella elegantula n. sp. in the smooth and wide ramp, an umbilical area covered by an inductura, the rounded-angular periphery, and thickened peristome.
Origin
Modern Latin; associated with the goddess of the moon, because of the silvery crescents on the wings.
Diana2
/dʌɪˈanə/Roman Mythology
An early Italian goddess associated with hunting, virginity, and, in later literature, with the moon. Greek equivalent Artemis.
Rhymes
- ground plan
- ground rent
- ground rule
- ground run
- groundsel
- groundshare
- groundsheet
- groundsill
- groundskeeper
- ground sloth
- groundsman
- ground speed
- ground squirrel
- ground staff
- ground state
- groundstroke
- groundswell
- ground tackle
- ground-to-air
- ground troops
- ground truth
- ground truthing
- groundwater
- ground wave
- ground wire