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Webster 1913 Edition


Hairstreak

Hair′streakˊ

(-strēkˊ)
,
Noun.
A butterfly of the genus
Thecla
;
as, the green
hairstreak
(
Thecla rubi
).

Definition 2024


hairstreak

hairstreak

English

Gray Hairstreak

Noun

hairstreak (plural hairstreaks)

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

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