Crossword-Solution: MORPHO
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| Morpho | n. | Any one of numerous species of large, handsome, tropical American butterflies, of the genus Morpho. They are noted for the very brilliant metallic luster and bright colors (often blue) of the upper surface of the wings. The lower surface is usually brown or gray, with eyelike spots. |
We have 14 clues for the answer “MORPHO”
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| genus of tropical butterflies | 1 answer |
| FORM (pref.) | 2 answers |
| PERTAINING to shape | 2 answers |
| SHAPE (comb. form) | 2 answers |
| SHAPE (pert. to) | 2 answers |
| SHAPE (pref.) | 2 answers |
| Butterfly genus | 3 answers |
| FORM (pert. to) | 3 answers |
| Pertaining to form. | 3 answers |
| A BUTTERFLY FISH OF THE GENUS POMACANTHUS | 11 answers |
| FORM (comb. form) | 11 answers |
| type of butterfly | 13 answers |
| Aphrodite epithet | 18 answers |
| BUTTERFLY, type of | 41 answers |
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Sentences with MORPHO (5)
When we first went to look at our new residence in Nazareth, a Morpho Menelaus, one of the most beautiful kinds, was seen flapping its huge wings like a bird along the verandah.
This species, however, although much admired, looks dull in colour by the side of its congener, the Morpho Rhetenor, whose wings, on the upper face, are of quite a dazzling lustre.
There is another species of this genus, of a satiny-white hue, the Morpho Uraneis; this is equally difficult to obtain; the male only has the satiny lustre, the female being of a pale-lavender colour.
The lazy flapping flight of large blue and black morpho butterflies high in the air, the hum of insects, and many inanimate sounds, contributed their share to the total impression this strange solitude produced.
And there is another--No; as it turns, a blaze of metallic azure off the upper side of the wings proves this one to be no bat, but a Morpho--a moth as big as a bat.
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Appears in: LAT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2008).