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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several nymphalid butterflies of the subfamily Apaturinae, especially the Eurasian species Apatura iris, the male of which has iridescent purple wings.
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- noun large richly colored butterfly
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