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Xerces blue

Xerces blue noun: a recently extinct species of gossamer-winged butterfly (Lycaenidae), Glaucopsyche xerces.

xerces blue: a recently extinct species of gossamer-winged butterfly (Lycaenidae), Glaucopsyche xerces
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Noun

Xerces blue (plural Xerces blues)

  1. A recently extinct species of gossamer-winged butterfly (Lycaenidae), Glaucopsyche xerces.
    • Last seen at the Presidio, the Xerces blue finally passed from existence in 1943.2010, Robert Michael Pyle, Mariposa Road
    • In fact, the xerces blue survived that first wave of habita destruction, only to succumb in the 1940s to continuing development especially of sand dune habitats.2012, Peggy L Fiedler, Conservation Biology, page 180

Forms of Xerces blue

pluralXerces blues

Questions about Xerces blue

What does Xerces blue mean?
Xerces blue means a recently extinct species of gossamer-winged butterfly (Lycaenidae), Glaucopsyche xerces.
What part of speech is Xerces blue?
Xerces blue is a noun.
What is the plural of Xerces blue?
The plural of Xerces blue is Xerces blues.

Words near Xerces blue in the dictionary

  1. xeraphims
  2. xeraphin
  3. xeraphins
  4. xerarch
  5. xerasia
  6. Xerces blue
  7. Xerces blues
  8. xerclod
  9. xerclods
  10. xerept
  11. xerepts

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