Crossword clues for hairstreak
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.
Wiktionary
n. Any of many butterfly, of the subfamily ''(taxlink Theclinae subfamily noshow=1)'', that have hairlike projections on the back wings.
WordNet
n. small butterflies having striped markings under the wings [syn: hairstreak butterfly]
Wikipedia
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—.