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| Aphrodite |
(l.c.) a large brown butterfly with silvery spots, found in North America. [1/2 definitions] |
| butterfly |
in cooking, having been cut and spread out so as to look like a butterfly. [2/5 definitions] |
| caterpillar |
a butterfly or moth larva, resembling a worm and often brightly colored. [1/2 definitions] |
| chrysalid |
the pupa of a moth or butterfly; chrysalis. [1/2 definitions] |
| chrysalis |
a hard shell or cocoon encasing a moth or butterfly in the pupal stage; pupa. |
| cocoon |
a fibrous covering produced by immature insects, such as butterfly and moth larvae, to protect them during metamorphosis, or by some spiders to hide their eggs. [1/2 definitions] |
| gurnard |
any of a family of marine fishes having enlarged pectoral fins with which they can glide through the air for short distances; flying gurnard or butterfly fish. [1/2 definitions] |
| lepidopteran |
a moth or butterfly. |
| metamorphosis |
the developmental changes in living organisms, such as the successive stages from caterpillar to butterfly or from tadpole to frog. [1/3 definitions] |
| monarch |
see "monarch butterfly." [1/2 definitions] |
| monarch butterfly |
a large orange, black, and white migratory butterfly. |
| mourning cloak |
a common butterfly of Europe and North America that has brown wings with purple spots and yellow edges. |
| papillon |
any of a breed of toy spaniels having a long, silky coat and large erect ears that resemble butterfly wings. |
| sweet pea |
a climbing plant that is related to the pea and that bears fragrant, variously colored, butterfly-shaped flowers. |
| viceroy |
a black and orange North American butterfly that closely resembles but is smaller than the monarch butterfly. [1/2 definitions] |
| wood nymph |
a brown satyr butterfly with eyelike spots on the wings. [1/3 definitions] |
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