fritillary
noun
any of several orange-brown nymphalid butterflies, usually marked with black lines and dots and with silvery spots on the undersides of the wings.
fritillaries
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pluralof fritillary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Larger — and faster — than the blues are the bright black-and-orange fritillaries.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
It is home to 34 of the 59 butterfly species found in the UK, including the white admiral, dainty wood white and England's largest colony of pearl-bordered fritillaries.
From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2022
I’ve given up on fritillaries, which are, in my experience, one-shot wonders in hot, humid regions.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2020
They include blues, whites, sulphurs, coppers, fritillaries, wood nymphs, skippers, crescents and checkerspots.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 24, 2016
Among them are purple, yellow, pink, and white primulas, golden potentillas, gentians of deepest azure, delicate anemones, speedwells, fritillaries, oxalis, balsams, and ranunculus.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
