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crescentspot

crescentspot noun: a member of the Melitaeini, a tribe of brush-footed butterflies with crescent-shaped white spots on the red or brown wings.

Noun

crescentspot (plural crescentspots)

  1. A member of the Melitaeini, a tribe of brush-footed butterflies with crescent-shaped white spots on the red or brown wings.

Forms of crescentspot

pluralcrescentspots

Origin of crescentspot

From crescent + spot.

Questions about crescentspot

What does crescentspot mean?
Crescentspot means a member of the Melitaeini, a tribe of brush-footed butterflies with crescent-shaped white spots on the red or brown wings.
What part of speech is crescentspot?
Crescentspot is a noun.
What is the plural of crescentspot?
The plural of crescentspot is crescentspots.

Words near crescentspot in the dictionary

  1. crescenting
  2. crescentins
  3. crescentlike
  4. crescentoid
  5. crescents
  6. crescentspot
  7. crescentspots
  8. crescentwise
  9. Crescenzo
  10. Crescenzos
  11. Cresci

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