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fritillary

/frit-l-er-ee/US // ˈfrɪt lˌɛr i //UK // (frɪˈtɪlərɪ) //

弗里德里希,弗里德利特,弗里德里克,弗里特利特

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural frit·il·lar·ies.

    • : any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings.

Examples

  • Each of these silver-washed fritillaries was housed in a net enclosure and fed honey water.

  • The bright-orange Gulf fritillary, for example, is thriving not on native plants but on flowers popular in home gardens, Forister said.

  • He owned he might have been mistaken, as the brilliant fellow flew swift and high between leaves, like an ordinary fritillary.

  • On these sunflakes numerous fritillary butterflies with silver under wings were fluttering, and countless flies were humming.

  • The old lady had thrown off her impermeable chrysalis, and had emerged therefrom a very sober fritillary.

  • Sixty years or so before that date it was called the "Greater Silver-streaked Fritillary."

  • Petiver, who mentioned the last-named locality, calls it the "Dullidge Fritillary."