peacock butterfly

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noun

a European nymphalid butterfly, Inachis io, having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

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peachy-keen, pea coal, peacoat, peacock, peacock blue, peacock butterfly, peacock chair, peacock-flower, peacock ore, peacock plant, peacock's tail

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How to use peacock butterfly in a sentence

“When you become a peshmerga your life becomes like a butterfly,” she said.
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She became my sweetheart, temporarily; but a born butterfly, she soon fluttered away, leaving me disconsolate—for a time!
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They went away feeling ready for any trouble in reason, and they gave Leo more peacock feathers and pence than he could count.
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Jessie had dressed Henrietta, and the child was preening herself in the sun like a peacock.
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Occasionally Malcolm shot a peacock, but shooting birds with a revolver is a difficult sport and wasteful of ammunition.
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