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Definition of Red admiral
1. Noun. Of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings.
Generic synonyms: Brush-footed Butterfly, Four-footed Butterfly, Nymphalid, Nymphalid Butterfly
Group relationships: Genus Vanessa, Vanessa
Definition of Red admiral
1. Noun. A bright red and black butterfly, ''Vanessa atalanta'', of the family Nymphalidae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Red Admiral
Literary usage of Red admiral
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land by John Whetham Beddam Whetham (1874)
"... harbour — Sport—Indians—A red admiral—Superstition—Hospitality. DOWN the
Columbia for some miles to Kalama, a little village. in Washington Territory; ..."
2. Every-day Butterflies: A Group of Biographies by Samuel Hubbard Scudder (1899)
"The red admiral is one of the last of such butterflies to make its appearance in
spring, being seldom seen before the beginning of the second week in May ..."
3. The Annual Register edited by Edmund Burke (1856)
"Admiral of the White Sir JA Om- manney, KCB, to be Admiral of the Red; Admiral
of the Blue the Hon. G. Elliot, CB, to be Admiral of the White. ..."
4. The Navy and the Nation: Or, Naval Warfare and Imperial Defence by James Richard Thursfield (1897)
"On the contrary, so far from the red admiral being able to report that he had
... It is true that the red admiral was not in a position to defeat the Blue ..."
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