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thistle butterflies

thistle butterflies is the plural of thistle butterfly.

Meaning of thistle butterfly

Noun

thistle butterfly (plural thistle butterflies)

  1. A butterfly of the genus Vanessa, especially the painted lady Vanessa cardui.
    • The butterflies were all of one description and among the most beautiful of our country. They were caught very easily in a net, and were recognized as the thistle butterfly, called in French, the belle-dame.1828 July, “Emigration of Butterflies”, in Benjamin Silliman, editor, The American Journal of Science and Arts, volume 14, page 388

Questions about thistle butterflies

What is thistle butterflies the plural of?
Thistle butterflies is the plural of thistle butterfly.

Words near thistle butterflies in the dictionary

  1. thisnesses
  2. thissen
  3. thissun
  4. thistle
  5. thistle bird
  6. thistle butterflies
  7. thistle butterfly
  8. thistle button
  9. thistle buttons
  10. thistle crown
  11. thistle crowns

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