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leafwing

leafwing noun: any butterfly of the subfamily Charaxinae.

Noun

leafwing (plural leafwings)

  1. Any butterfly of the subfamily Charaxinae.
  2. (Australia) The butterfly Doleschallia bisaltide.

Synonyms of leafwing

Forms of leafwing

pluralleafwings

Origin of leafwing

From leaf + wing.

Questions about leafwing

What does leafwing mean?
Leafwing means any butterfly of the subfamily Charaxinae.
What part of speech is leafwing?
Leafwing is a noun.
What is the plural of leafwing?
The plural of leafwing is leafwings.

Words near leafwing in the dictionary

  1. leaftruck
  2. leaftrucks
  3. leaful
  4. leafule
  5. leafules
  6. leafwing
  7. leafwings
  8. leafwise
  9. leafwork
  10. leafworker
  11. leafworkers

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