Richmond birdwing
/ˌrɪtʃm(ə)nd ˈbəːdwɪŋ/noun
More fully Richmond birdwing butterfly. A birdwing butterfly, Ornithoptera richmondia, the male of which has black and iridescent green wings, native to parts of eastern Australia.
- Sometimes regarded as a subspecies of the variable O. priamus, the Richmond birdwing is now considered to be threatened..
Origin
1980s. From Richmond, the name of a river and mountain range in north-eastern New South Wales + birdwing, probably after the subspecific name in scientific Latin Papilio (Ornithoptera) richmondia.
- nor-east
- norephedrine
- norepinephrine
- no rest for the wicked
- no rest (or peace) for the wicked
- norethindrone
- norethisterone
- norethynodrel
- noretynodrel
- norfloxacin
- Norfolk
- Norfolk Crag
- Norfolk dumpling
- Norfolk Horn
- Norfolk Howard
- Norfolk Island
- Norfolk Island pine
- Norfolk jacket
- Norfolk pine
- Norfolk plover
- Norfolk reed
- Norfolk sheep
- Norfolk suit
- Norfolk terrier
- Norfolk tumbler