mourning cloak

noun

an anglewing butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, widely distributed in Europe and North America, having velvety, dark-brown wings with purple spots and pale-yellow edges.

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Also called Camberwell beauty.

Origin of mourning cloak

First recorded in 1600–10

Words nearby mourning cloak

mourners' bench, mournful, mourning, mourning band, mourning becomes electra, mourning cloak, mourning dove, mourning iris, mourning warbler, mouse, mouse deer

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Example sentences from the Web for mourning cloak

After hatching from the egg, the Mourning-cloak caterpillars are also subject to the attacks of various parasites.
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One is the familiar Mourning-cloak and the other is the Compton Tortoise—the latter generally much less abundant than the former.
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In their habits they are quite similar to the caterpillars of the Mourning-cloak.
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One fine spring morning I came upon a Mourning-cloak depositing a cluster of eggs upon a willow twig.
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Some species deposit several in a group, while some, like the Mourning-cloak, may lay two or three dozen in a cluster.
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British Dictionary definitions for mourning cloak

mourning cloak

noun

the US name for Camberwell beauty

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