orange dog
US
noun
1The larva of the giant swallowtail butterfly, Papilio cresphontes, which feeds on the foliage of orange and other citrus trees.
2(In full California orange dog) the larva or adult of the western swallowtail, P. zelicaon.
Origin
Late 19th century.
- bevan
- Bevan, Nye
- bevatron
- bevel
- bevel gear
- bevel square
- bevel wheel
- beverage
- Beveridge, William Henry
- Beverly Hills
- Bevin boy
- Bevin, Ernest
- bevvied
- bevvy
- bevy
- bewail
- bewailer
- beware
- beware (or fear) the Greeks bearing gifts
- bewdy
- be well away
- be well in with
- be well out of
- be well rid of
- be (well) up on (or in)