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orange-tip

British  

noun

  1. a European butterfly, Anthocharis cardamines, having whitish wings with orange-tipped forewings: family Pieridae

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Some manufacturers fought the orange-tip requirement, designed as a signal to police that a gun is just a toy, “because it delegitimized the appeal of their product,” he says.

From Washington Post Dec. 22, 2014

Some manufacturers fought the orange-tip requirement, designed as a signal to police that a gun is just a toy, "because it delegitimized the appeal of their product," he says.

From Chicago Tribune Dec. 22, 2014

Their white sails bear fabulous devices in golden colour of moons and crescents and dolphins; some are marked like the "orange-tip" butterfly.

From Old Calabria by Norman Douglas

The brimstone or orange-tip would be good to observe in this respect, but it is hopelessly difficult.

From More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Sir Francis Darwin

But in certain other tropical groups, and in some of our English butterflies, as the purple emperor, orange-tip, etc.

From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin

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