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hairstreak Definition

hair·streak (herstrēk′)

noun

any of a number of small, usually dark-colored butterflies (family Lycaenidae) with each hind wing commonly having narrow taillike projections

hairstreak Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • include: Over 20 species of butterfly have been recorded including the white letter hairstreak.
  • see: Also Adonis Blue, and Green Hairstreak seen near Splash Point.

Adjective modifier

  • purple: Purple Hairstreak was found on many more sites largely due to the efforts of Graham Foggitt.
  • green: The sexes of the green hairstreak are hard to tell apart.
  • brown: Regionally, only brown hairstreak, pearl-bordered fritillary, high brown fritillary and marsh fritillary show higher rates of decline over the same period.
  • blue: Three pictures taken in close succession of a blue spot hairstreak.
  • white: Over 20 species of butterfly have been recorded including the white letter hairstreak.

Modifies a noun

  • butterfly: Black hairstreak butterflies, which are found only in the wet sticky clay woods of the East Midlands, are plentiful.
  • caterpillar: The Purple Hairstreak caterpillars found in May will have pupated in June and were in flight around the Oak canopy in mid July.
  • egg: This school is going on a Brown Hairstreak egg hunt later this winter, which should give a marked jump in numbers found!

Noun used with modifier

  • white-letter: In 1995, the first white-letter hairstreak was recorded.

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