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white-letter hairstreak

white-letter hairstreak noun: a small, brown butterfly with a W-shaped white streak, Satyrium w-album, of the family Lycaenidae.

white-letter hairstreak: a small, brown butterfly with a W-shaped white streak, Satyrium w-album, of the family Lycaenidae
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Noun

white-letter hairstreak (plural white-letter hairstreaks)

  1. A small, brown butterfly with a W-shaped white streak, Satyrium w-album, of the family Lycaenidae.

Forms of white-letter hairstreak

pluralwhite-letter hairstreaks

Questions about white-letter hairstreak

What does white-letter hairstreak mean?
White-letter hairstreak means a small, brown butterfly with a W-shaped white streak, Satyrium w-album, of the family Lycaenidae.
What part of speech is white-letter hairstreak?
White-letter hairstreak is a noun.
What is the plural of white-letter hairstreak?
The plural of white-letter hairstreak is white-letter hairstreaks.

Words near white-letter hairstreak in the dictionary

  1. white-labelled
  2. white-labelling
  3. white-labels
  4. white-lash
  5. white-lashes
  6. white-letter hairstreak
  7. white-letter hairstreaks
  8. white-lined sphinx
  9. white-lipped peccaries
  10. white-lipped peccary
  11. white-lipped snail

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