单词 | orange tip |
释义 | orange tipn. More fully orange-tip butterfly. Any of various chiefly white-winged pierid butterflies, mainly of the genus Anthocaris, whose males have wings tipped with orange; esp. the Eurasian A. cardamines and the North American A. sara. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Euchlöe > euchlöe genutia (orange-tip butterfly) orange tip1749 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [noun] > family Pieridae > genus Anthocharis > anthocharis cardamines (orange-tip) orange tip1749 1749 B. Wilkes Eng. Moths & Butterflies 51 The Orange-tip, or Lady of the Woods, a butterfly. 1819 G. Samouelle Entomologist's Compend. 236 Orange tip butterfly inhabits pathways in woods. 1845 Zoologist 3 991 I took one beautiful orange-tip on the 2d of June. 1906 R. South Butterflies Brit. Isles 43 The Orange-tip..has a large patch of orange colour on the outer third of its white, or creamy white, fore wings. 1973 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 7 July 20/2 An orange-tip butterfly went fluttering by. 1997 Guardian 27 June i. 18/7 Orange Tips like railway lines bordered by wild roses, lady's smock and Jack-by-the-hedge which is their natural habitat. Derivatives ˈorange-ˌtipped adj. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [adjective] > of or relating to family Pieridae > of euchlöe genutidae (orange-tip butterfly) orange-tipped1829 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > [adjective] > of or relating to family Pieridae > of anthocharis cardamines (orange-tip) orange-tipped1829 1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 174 Papilio Cardamines, Orange-tipped Butterfly. 1951 A. B. Klots Field Guide Butterflies 182 Olympia is our sole representative of the genus Euchloë, a group of the ‘Orange Tips’ that are not ‘orange tipped.’ 1991 Observer 13 Oct. 7/7–8 (caption) Orange-tipped butterfly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1749 |
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