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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing;
[syn: comma, comma butterfly, Polygonia comma]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Comma \Com"ma\, n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. ? clause, fr. ? to cut off. Cf. Capon.] 1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed. [1913 Webster] 2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference between a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. [1913 Webster] Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus. Comma butterfly (Zool.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

comma butterfly n 1: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing [syn: comma, comma butterfly, Polygonia comma]