Definition of metalmark in English:
metalmark
nounˈmɛt(ə)lmɑːkˈmedlˌmärk
A butterfly with brilliant metallic markings on the wings, found chiefly in tropical America.
Family Riodinidae: several genera
Example sentencesExamples
- Unlike the many butterfly species that have several generations a year, Lange's metalmark has only one.
- In experiments pitting the two in a Plexiglas arena, the metalmark faced down its nemesis time after time.
- The family of metalmark butterflies consists of little metalmarks and northern metalmarks.
- And so, in 2001, I actually got to see my first living swamp metalmarks at Dundee Fen in Wisconsin.
- As their name implies, Mormon metalmarks are mostly a species of the Great Basin, and do not occur across most of the Pacific Northwest.