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sulfur butterfly

American  

noun

  1. any of various yellow or orange butterflies of the family Pieridae.

Etymology

Origin of sulfur butterfly

First recorded in 1875–80

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I'm told everyone has a boat, that the top floors and roofs of homes have been reinforced and that research is being done on crops that grow underwater.A sulfur butterfly is resting on the lip of a bomb crater.

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