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ˈCamberwell ˈBeauty [from Camberwell, a parish of Surrey, now within the London area.] A collector's name for a species of butterfly (Vanessa Antiopa), occasionally seen in England.
1847Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. v. 198 Mr. Broderick remarked that he had seen the ‘Camberwell Beauty’ on Twizel-moor. 1847Carpenter Zool. §706. |