Birdwing

Word BIRDWING
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Definitions and meanings of "Birdwing"

What do we mean by birdwing?

Any of various large papilionid butterflies of the genera Troides and Ornithoptera.

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The word "birdwing" in example sentences

Or it could have been the long, honey-gold hair tumbling over her shoulders in careless waves; her slender waxed arms; the birdwing arches of her nose. ❋ Annia Ciezadlo (2011)

My daily focal point had become her back, the birdwing shoulder blades, the silky ponytail. ❋ Nina De Gramont (2010)

The Arfak Mountains, famous for birdwing butterfly diversity, are surrounded by heavily populated areas, and the reserve itself is in danger from encroachment by population expansion. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Butterflies are also well represented in the area and include many restricted species such as purple brown eye Chaetocneme porphyropis, Australian hedge blue Udara tenella and Cairns birdwing Ornithoptera priamus euphorion (Australia's largest butterfly). ❋ Unknown (2008)

While there has been no systematic Peninsula-wide survey of invertebrates, nearly 60 percent of all Australian butterflies (223 species) occur on Cape York Peninsula, including the spectacular Cape York birdwing (Troides priamus pronomus). ❋ Unknown (2008)

Butterflies are the best-known invertebrates in the hotspot, with a few species of Ornithoptera (birdwing) butterflies, particularly O. allotae and O. victoriae – both large, prominent and spectacular species – and the blue emperor swallowtail (Papilio ulysses) found in the Bismarcks and Solomons. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Several days later he spotted another huge, strong-flying, iridescent birdwing of the genus Ornithoptera, similar but not identical to the three he had caught in Celebes. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

The three-spotted birdwing was drawing Wallace into unexplored theoretical terrain. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

That question, perplexing to Alfred Wallace when he pondered the birdwing butterflies of Aru, perplexing likewise to Darwin and Wagner, is still somewhat perplexing. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

He also collected two species of hornbill peculiar to the island, and a handsome cuckoo, and three specimens of birdwing butterfly. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

The three-spotted birdwing seemed to suggest it was neither. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

One of those other papers dealt with the puzzling form of birdwing butterfly that he had collected in Aru—the same insect that had left him “gazing, lost in admiration,” at its velvety black and iridescent green wings, its golden body, its crimson breast. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

Between sips, we have discussed cenderawasih (including the black-market value of a male in breeding plumage, like his) and birdwing butterflies (in which he has also occasionally dealt) and the condition of the Aru landscape. ❋ David Quammen (2004)

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