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Rajah Brooke's birdwing

Rajah Brooke's birdwing noun: trogonoptera brookiana, a birdwing butterfly of Asian rainforests.

Noun

Rajah Brooke's birdwing (plural Rajah Brooke's birdwings)

  1. Trogonoptera brookiana, a birdwing butterfly of Asian rainforests.

Forms of Rajah Brooke's birdwing

pluralRajah Brooke's birdwings

Origin of Rajah Brooke's birdwing

Named by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855, after James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak.

Questions about Rajah Brooke's birdwing

What does Rajah Brooke's birdwing mean?
Rajah Brooke's birdwing means trogonoptera brookiana, a birdwing butterfly of Asian rainforests.
What part of speech is Rajah Brooke's birdwing?
Rajah Brooke's birdwing is a noun.
What is the plural of Rajah Brooke's birdwing?
The plural of Rajah Brooke's birdwing is Rajah Brooke's birdwings.

Words near Rajah Brooke's birdwing in the dictionary

  1. Rajagopal
  2. Rajagopalan
  3. Rajagopalans
  4. Rajagopals
  5. rajah
  6. Rajah Brooke's birdwing
  7. Rajah Brooke's birdwings
  8. Rajah Soliman
  9. rajahdom
  10. rajahdoms
  11. Rajahmundry

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