metalmark
English edit
Etymology edit
metal + mark, from the metallic spots on the wing
Noun edit
metalmark (plural metalmarks)
- Any butterfly of the family Riodinidae.
- 2009 January 6, Natalie Angier, “A Large-Size Focus on Life Lived Small”, in New York Times[1]:
- You have flies that resemble wasps and metalmark moths that mimic jumping spiders […]
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
butterfly of the family Riodinidae
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