Definitions for hairstreakˈhɛərˌstrik

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

hair•streakˈhɛərˌstrik(n.)

  1. any small, dark butterfly of the family Lycaenidae, having hairlike tails on the hind wings.

    Category: Entomology

Origin of hairstreak:

1810–20

Princeton's WordNet

  1. hairstreak, hairstreak butterfly(noun)

    small butterflies having striped markings under the wings

Wiktionary

  1. hairstreak(Noun)

    Any of many butterflies, of the subfamily Theclinae, that have hairlike projections on the back wings.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hairstreak(noun)

    a butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (T. rubi)


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