Search Result for "hairstreak":
Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. small butterflies having striped markings under the wings;
[syn: hairstreak, hairstreak butterfly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hairstreak \Hair"streak`\ (-str[=e]k`), n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (Thecla rubi). [1913 Webster]The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Thecla \Thec"la\, n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin. [1913 Webster]
