silverspot

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun silverspot has 1 sense

silverspot(n = noun.animal) - butterfly with silver spots on the underside of the hind wings;

is a kind of

fritillary

is a member of genus spyeria, spyeria

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CIDE DICTIONARY

silverspot, n.

Any one of numerous species of butterflies of the genus Argynnis and allied genera, having silvery spots on the under side of the wings. See Illust. under Aphrodite. [1913 Webster]