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PAINTED BEAUTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does painted beauty mean?
• PAINTED BEAUTY (noun)
The noun PAINTED BEAUTY has 1 sense:
1. American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
Familiarity information: PAINTED BEAUTY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
painted beauty; Vanessa virginiensis
Hypernyms ("painted beauty" is a kind of...):
brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)
Holonyms ("painted beauty" is a member of...):
genus Vanessa; Vanessa (painted beauty and red admiral)
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