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hairstreak

Thecla \Thec"la\, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.

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hairstreak

n. Any of many butterfly, of the subfamily ''(taxlink Theclinae subfamily noshow=1)'', that have hairlike projections on the back wings.

WordNet
hairstreak

n. small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: hairstreak butterfly]

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Usage examples of "hairstreak".

Few were interesting or unusual: a number of brown hairstreaks, some Camberwell beauties, three hissing cockroaches, several brimstones.

There were a lot of species I wanted -- the Swallowtail for instance, the Black Hairstreak and the Large Blue, rare Fritil-laries like the Heath and the Glanville.

If you come at dusk, you can see purple hairstreak butterflies—.