English Explanatory Dictionary

hairstreak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.

Word forms

hairstreak hairstreaks

Etymology

From hair + streak.

Derived words

black hairstreak brown hairstreak gray hairstreak green hairstreak inland hairstreak purple hairstreak Watson's hairstreak white-letter hairstreak
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