painted beauty

painted beauty

noun
a butterfly, Vanessa virginiensis, having brownish-black and orange wings, the hind wings each having two eyespots.

Origin:
1895–1900
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Painted beauty is always a great word to know.
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an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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painted beauty

noun
American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots 
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