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white admiral

American

noun

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white admiral British

noun

a nymphalid butterfly, Limenitis camilla, of Eurasia, having brown wings with white markings See also red admiral

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It is home to 34 of the 59 butterfly species found in the UK, including the white admiral, dainty wood white and England's largest colony of pearl-bordered fritillaries.

From BBC ● Feb. 1, 2022

He had seen a white admiral circling higher and higher round an oak tree, but he had never caught it.

From Jacob's Room by Woolf, Virginia

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