| 单词 | dogface butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdogface butterfly 2. Either of two North American pierid butterflies of the genus Zerene, the males of which have yellow forewings with dark markings that resemble the profile of a dog's head. More fully dogface butterfly. Frequently with distinguishing word. ΚΠ 1899 W. J. Holland Butterfly Bk. 288 The dark outer borders..[are] disposed upon the lighter ground color so as to present the appearance of a rude outline of the head of a dog, whence these butterflies have sometimes been called the ‘dog-face butterflies’. 1942 Florida Entomologist 24 76 Zerene caesonia (Stoll.), the Southern Dogface, was the most abundant of all the butterflies. 1972 L. A. Swan & C. S. Papp Common Insects N. Amer. 214 California dog face: Colias eurydice... Swift in flight. 1993 J. Feltwell Illustr. Encycl. Butterflies 109/2 Zerene cesonia Dog-face butterfly. Named after the characteristic dog face present on the forewing. < as lemmas |
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