painted beauty

painted beauty
noun
American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
Member Holonyms: ↑Vanessa, ↑genus Vanessa

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noun
: an American butterfly (Vanessa virginiensis) with dark brown wings marked by large golden orange spots and several white spots

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a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.
[1895-1900]

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