sulfur butterfly
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sulfur butterfly — noun any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies • Syn: ↑sulphur butterfly • Hypernyms: ↑butterfly • Member Holonyms: ↑Pieridae, ↑family Pieridae * * * any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae. [1875 80] … Useful english dictionary
sulfur butterfly — any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae. [1875 80] * * * ▪ insect any of a group of butterflies in the family Pieridae (order Lepidoptera) that are bright yellow or orange and have a wingspan of 35 to 60 mm (1.5 to 2.5 … Universalium
sulfur — [sul′fər] n. [ME sulphur < L] 1. a pale yellow, nonmetallic chemical element found in crystalline or amorphous form: it burns with a blue flame and a stifling odor and is used in vulcanizing rubber and in making matches, paper, gunpowder,… … English World dictionary
butterfly — butterflylike, adj., adv. /but euhr fluy /, n., pl. butterflies, v., butterflied, butterflying, adj. n. 1. any of numerous diurnal insects of the order Lepidoptera, characterized by clubbed antennae, a slender body, and large, broad, often… … Universalium
sulfur — /sul feuhr/, n. 1. Also, esp. Brit., sulphur. Chem. a nonmetallic element that exists in several forms, the ordinary one being a yellow rhombic crystalline solid, and that burns with a blue flame and a suffocating odor: used esp. in making… … Universalium
butterfly — (Roget s IV) n. Common American butterflies include: Falcate Orange tip, Tiger Swallowtail, Mourning Cloak, Common Sulfur, American Copper, Cabbage, Colorado Parnassian, Great Spangled Fritillary, Tortoiseshell, Viceroy, Wood Nymph, Painted Lady … English dictionary for students
alfalfa butterfly — noun : an orange butterfly (Colias eurytheme) that is the adult form of the alfalfa caterpillar compare clouded sulphur * * * a sulfur butterfly, Colias eurytheme, having orange wings edged with black, the larvae of which feed on alfalfa and… … Useful english dictionary
alfalfa butterfly — a sulfur butterfly, Colias eurytheme, having orange wings edged with black, the larvae of which feed on alfalfa and other legumes. Also called orange sulfur. * * * … Universalium
common sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes. Also called clouded sulfur. * * * … Universalium
common sulfur — a sulfur butterfly, Colias philodice, having yellow wings with black edges and larvae that feed on clover and other legumes. Also called clouded sulfur … Useful english dictionary
