metalmark

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Etymology

From metal +‎ mark, from the metallic spots on the wing.

Noun

metalmark (plural metalmarks)

  1. Any butterfly of the family Riodinidae.
    • 2009 January 6, Natalie Angier, “A Large-Size Focus on Life Lived Small”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      You have flies that resemble wasps and metalmark moths that mimic jumping spiders […]

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