RED-SPOTTED PURPLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-spotted purple mean? 

• RED-SPOTTED PURPLE (noun)
  The noun RED-SPOTTED PURPLE has 1 sense:

1. similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces

  Familiarity information: RED-SPOTTED PURPLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED-SPOTTED PURPLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Limenitis astyanax; red-spotted purple

Hypernyms ("red-spotted purple" 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 ("red-spotted purple" is a member of...):

genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)