Definition of Four-footed butterfly

1. Noun. Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Four-footed Butterfly

four-ball
four-by-four
four-by-fours
four-card monte
four-centered arch
four-dimensional
four-door
four-doors
four-eyed fish
four-eyed fishes
four-eyes
four-flush
four-flusher
four-foot
four-footed
four-force
four-four time
four-hitter
four-hundredth
four-in-hand
four-in-hands
four-lane
four-leaf
four-leaf clover
four-leaf clovers
four-leaved
four-legged
four-letter Anglo-Saxon word
four-letter word

Literary usage of Four-footed butterfly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1889)
"... but the four-footed butterfly must have come, one would think, from a six-footed ancestor. Hence, in a linear series, we may commence reasonably with ..."

2. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"We have another four-footed butterfly which closely resembles the Archippus in color and markings, but differs from it entirely in the chrysalis and ..."

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