tortoiseshell butterfly | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun tortoiseshell butterfly has 1 sense

tortoiseshell, tortoiseshell butterfly - brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles
--₁ is a kind of nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly, brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly
--₁ is a member of Nymphalis, genus Nymphalis