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Small butterfly
Answer for the clue "Small butterfly ", 10 letters:
hairstreak
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Word definitions for hairstreak in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: hairstreak butterfly ]
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.
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—.