red admiral


noun
  1. See under admiral (def. 6).

Origin of red admiral

1
First recorded in 1830–40

Words Nearby red admiral

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How to use red admiral in a sentence

  • The cuckoo sang again on May 8; the same day a red admiral butterfly was seen, and the turtle-dove heard cooing.

    Field and Hedgerow | Richard Jefferies
  • Upon looking beneath it we may see the pretty token of the red admiral, a tiny egg which we may well preserve for our microscope.

    Eye Spy | William Hamilton Gibson
  • An exquisite yellow butterfly, of a sort strange to my Yankee eyes, flits past, followed by a red admiral.

    A Florida Sketch-Book | Bradford Torrey
  • They were both addressed to the red admiral, and they bore English stamps.

    The Mystery of Choice | Robert William Chambers
  • The red admiral is a gourmet; he lingers daintily over his meals; so Peter had time to make a careful sketch of him.

    The Purple Heights | Marie Conway Oemler

British Dictionary definitions for red admiral

red admiral

noun
  1. a nymphalid butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, of temperate Europe and Asia, having black wings with red and white markings: See also white admiral

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