mourning cloak
an anglewing butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, widely distributed in Europe and North America, having velvety, dark-brown wings with purple spots and pale-yellow edges.
Origin of mourning cloak
1- Also called Camberwell beauty.
Words Nearby mourning cloak
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How to use mourning cloak in a sentence
George Prince was there, standing against the walls shrouded in his mourning cloak, watching the scene with alert, roving eyes.
In their habits they are quite similar to the caterpillars of the Mourning-cloak.
Butterflies Worth Knowing | Clarence M. WeedThis was the mourning cloak, with me the first vernal butterfly.
Bird Neighbors | Neltje BlanchanI had made a mourning-cloak of the apron by tying it, hind part before, about my neck, whence it drooped to my heels.
When Grandmamma Was New | Marion HarlandThe mourning cloak, the first butterfly to be seen in spring, has passed the winter in my "Slabsides."
The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers | John Burroughs
British Dictionary definitions for mourning cloak
the US name for Camberwell beauty
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