metalmark

English

A metalmark

Etymology

From metal +‎ mark, from the metallic spots on the wing.

Noun

metalmark (plural metalmarks)

1. Any butterfly of the family Riodinidae.
   • 2009 January 6, Natalie Angier, “A Large-Size Focus on Life Lived Small”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     You have flies that resemble wasps and metalmark moths that mimic jumping spiders […]

Synonyms

• riodinid

Translations

butterfly of the family Riodinidae

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蜆蝶 / 蚬蝶 (zh) (xiǎndié)

• Finnish: noppaperhonen
• Korean: 부전네발나비 (bujeonneballabi)
• Navajo: kʼaalógii bitʼaʼ disxǫsgo łikizhígíí

See also

• metalmark on Wikipedia.Wikipedia