Noun admiral has 2 senses
  1. admiral, full admiral - the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
    --1 is a kind of flag officer
    --1 has particulars:
     Bligh, William Bligh, Captain Bligh; Drake, Francis Drake, Sir Francis Drake; Nelson, Horatio Nelson, Viscount Nelson, Admiral Nelson, Lord Nelson; Yamamoto, Isoroku Yamamoto
  2. admiral - any of several brightly colored butterflies
    --2 is a kind of
    nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
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