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Small butterfly
Answer for the clue "Small butterfly ", 10 letters:
hairstreak
Alternative clues for the word hairstreak
Word definitions for hairstreak in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of many butterfly, of the subfamily ''(taxlink Theclinae subfamily noshow=1)'', that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: hairstreak butterfly ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .
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—.