Camberwell beauty [ˈkæmbəˌwɛl -wəl]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a nymphalid butterfly, Nymphalis antiopa, of temperate regions, having dark purple wings with cream-yellow borders US name mourning cloak
[named after Camberwell, a district of S London]
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| Noun | 1. |  Camberwell beauty - of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow bordersbrush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly - medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast genus Nymphalis, Nymphalis - type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies |
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