Crossword-Solution: NYMPHALID
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| BUTTERFLY, type of | 41 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A soft mineral of a soapy feel and a greenish, whitish, or
grayish color, usually occurring in foliated masses. It is hydrous
silicate of magnesia. Steatite, or soapstone, is a compact granular
variety.
Hint 2 anagram
CALT
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BABY DOCTOR FOR SHORT
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Sentences with NYMPHALID (5)
Great lazy butterflies floated through the air; _Thecla_ and _Hesperides_ skipped about, and the great _Nymphalidæ_ darted around like swallows.
The pupa of a 'Tortoiseshell' or 'Admiral' (Nymphalid) butterfly hangs head downwards from a twig, supported only by the tail-pad of silk, which, useless as a shelter, serves only for attachment.
The means by which the suspended pupa of a nymphalid butterfly attaches its cremaster to the silken pad which the larva has spun in preparation for pupation, is worthy of brief attention.
But among these there are no wings of Heliconidæ, while those of the large showy Nymphalidæ, which have a much swifter flight, are often met with.
Very many of the _Nymphalidæ_ are distinguished for a flush of surpassing richness, that in one particular light gleams over the surface.