Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nymphalid_butterfly

1 sense of nymphalid butterfly

Sense 1
nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly -- (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)
       => butterfly -- (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)