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Polygonia interrogationis
(gcide) | Violet-tip \Vi"o*let-tip"\, n. (Zool.)
A very handsome American butterfly ({Polygonia
interrogationis}). Its wings are mottled with various shades
of red and brown and have violet tips.
[1913 Webster] |
Polygonia Progne
(gcide) | Progne \Prog"ne\ (pr[o^]g"n[-e]), n. [L., a swallow,
traditionally said to be fr. Progne (The sister of
Philomela), who was changed into a swallow, Gr. Pro`knh.]
(Zool.)
(a) A swallow.
(b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See
Martin.
(c) An American butterfly (Polygonia Progne syn. {Vanessa
Progne}). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath,
with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called
also gray comma.
[1913 Webster] |
genus polygonia
(wn) | genus Polygonia
n 1: comma butterflies [syn: Polygonia, genus Polygonia] |
polygonia comma
(wn) | Polygonia comma
n 1: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the
underside of each hind wing [syn: comma, {comma
butterfly}, Polygonia comma] |
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