NYMPHALIS ANTIOPA

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Meaning:

Of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders

Synonyms:

Camberwell beauty; mourning cloak; mourning cloak butterfly; Nymphalis antiopa

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Nymphalis antiopa" is a kind of...):

brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)

Holonyms ("Nymphalis antiopa" is a member of...):

genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)

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