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词汇 white admiral
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Definition of white admiral in English:

white admiral

noun
  • A butterfly which has dark brown wings bearing a broad white band.

    白蛱蝶

    Subfamily Limenitinae, family Nymphalidae: several genera, in particular Ladoga (including the European L. camilla) and Basilarchia (American species)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is likely that over the next few years we may see white admirals returning to some of their old Essex haunts.
    • The white admiral feeds on flower nectar, the juice of overripe fruit and the sap of damaged trees.
    • There, a friend showed me a shady river bed where literally dozens of southern white admirals were drinking.
    • The white admirals flip their blue-black wings with the broad white epaulettes up and down the road in numbers.
    • The Butterfly House is under a tent in the summer where the white admiral butterfly reigns as Quebec's official insect.

Definition of white admiral in US English:

white admiral

noun
  • A North American butterfly that has black wings bearing a broad white band and a marginal row of blue dashes.

    Limenitis arthemis, subfamily Limenitinae, family Nymphalidae. See red-spotted purple

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Butterfly House is under a tent in the summer where the white admiral butterfly reigns as Quebec's official insect.
    • There, a friend showed me a shady river bed where literally dozens of southern white admirals were drinking.
    • It is likely that over the next few years we may see white admirals returning to some of their old Essex haunts.
    • The white admirals flip their blue-black wings with the broad white epaulettes up and down the road in numbers.
    • The white admiral feeds on flower nectar, the juice of overripe fruit and the sap of damaged trees.
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