Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hairstreak"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Thecla \Thec"la\, n.
Any one of many species of small delicately colored
butterflies belonging to {Thecla} and allied genera; --
called also {hairstreak}, and {elfin}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hairstreak \Hair"streak`\, n.
A butterfly of the genus {Thecla}; as, the green hairstreak
({T. rubi}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hairstreak
n : small butterflies having striped markings under the wings
[syn: {hairstreak butterfly}]
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