Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae or the subfamily Nymphalinae, having reduced forelegs that are not used for walking.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Nymphalidæ, or having their characters.
- noun A nymphalid butterfly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Any butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae , consisting of medium to large butterflies found worldwide, typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any
butterfly of the orderNymphalidae
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From New Latin Nymphālidae, family name, from Nymphālis, type genus, ultimately from Latin nympha, nymph; see nymph.]
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Examples
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In the nymphalid butterflies, the pupa is often called a 'chrysalis' on account of the golden hue displayed by the cuticle, and the term
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The means by which the suspended pupa of a nymphalid butterfly attaches its cremaster to the silken pad which the larva has spun in preparation for pupation, is worthy of brief attention.
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Rational Review 2009
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He was in a nymphalid for a few hours then he died ….
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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