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peacock butterfly

peacock butterfly noun: aglais io, a red butterfly with distinctive large eyespots, of the family Nymphalidae.

peacock butterfly: aglais io, a red butterfly with distinctive large eyespots, of the family Nymphalidae
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Noun

peacock butterfly (plural peacock butterflies)

  1. Aglais io, a red butterfly with distinctive large eyespots, of the family Nymphalidae.

Synonyms of peacock butterfly

Forms of peacock butterfly

pluralpeacock butterflies

Questions about peacock butterfly

What does peacock butterfly mean?
Peacock butterfly means aglais io, a red butterfly with distinctive large eyespots, of the family Nymphalidae.
What part of speech is peacock butterfly?
Peacock butterfly is a noun.
What is the plural of peacock butterfly?
The plural of peacock butterfly is peacock butterflies.

Words near peacock butterfly in the dictionary

  1. peacock bass
  2. peacock basses
  3. peacock blue
  4. peacock blues
  5. peacock butterflies
  6. peacock butterfly
  7. peacock chair
  8. peacock chairs
  9. peacock copper
  10. Peacock Creek
  11. peacock fish

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