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red admiral
noun
- admiral6
red admiral
noun
- See white admirala nymphalid butterfly, Vanessa atalanta , of temperate Europe and Asia, having black wings with red and white markings See also white admiral
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Origin of red admiral1
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Example Sentences
The cuckoo sang again on May 8; the same day a Red Admiral butterfly was seen, and the turtle-dove heard cooing.
Upon looking beneath it we may see the pretty token of the Red Admiral, a tiny egg which we may well preserve for our microscope.
An exquisite yellow butterfly, of a sort strange to my Yankee eyes, flits past, followed by a red admiral.
They were both addressed to the Red Admiral, and they bore English stamps.
The Red Admiral is a gourmet; he lingers daintily over his meals; so Peter had time to make a careful sketch of him.
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