PEACOCK BUTTERFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does peacock butterfly mean? 

• PEACOCK BUTTERFLY (noun)
  The noun PEACOCK BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:

1. European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

  Familiarity information: PEACOCK BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PEACOCK BUTTERFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Inachis io; peacock; peacock butterfly

Hypernyms ("peacock butterfly" 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 ("peacock butterfly" is a member of...):

genus Inachis; Inachis (a genus of Nymphalidae)