TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tortoiseshell butterfly mean? 

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

1. brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

tortoiseshell; tortoiseshell butterfly

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

genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)