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PRONUNCIATION OF KENTISH GLORY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF KENTISH GLORY

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Kentish glory is a noun.
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WHAT DOES KENTISH GLORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of Kentish glory in the English dictionary

The definition of Kentish glory in the dictionary is a moth, Endromis versicolora, common in north and central Europe, having brown variegated front wings and, in the male, orange hindwings.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE KENTISH GLORY

Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington Palace
kenspeck
kenspeckle
kent
kente
kente cloth
kentia
Kentish
Kentish plover
kentledge
Kentuckian
Kentucky
Kentucky bluegrass
Kentucky coffee tree
Kentucky Derby
Kenwood House
Kenya
Kenyan
Kenyatta

WORDS THAT END LIKE KENTISH GLORY

calory
cauliflory
chancellory
colory
crowning glory
flory
glory
knickerbocker glory
lory
Malory
morning-glory
Old Glory
pillory
vainglory

Synonyms and antonyms of Kentish glory in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Kentish glory» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

肯特荣耀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Kentish gloria
570 millions of speakers

English

Kentish glory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केंट महिमा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

array(كنتيش) المجد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Кентиш слава
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Kentish glória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেন্টিস্ট গরিমা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Kentish gloire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kemuliaan Kentish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kentish Herrlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ケントの栄光
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

켄트 의 영광
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kamulyan Kentish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vinh quang Kentish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கெண்டிஷ் பெருமை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

केंटिश गौरव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kentish zafer
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Kentish gloria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kentish chwała
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Кентіш слава
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Kentish glorie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Kentish δόξα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kent heerlikheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Kentish härlighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Kentish herlighet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Kentish glory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «KENTISH GLORY»

The term «Kentish glory» is used very little and occupies the 168.062 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «KENTISH GLORY» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KENTISH GLORY»

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New Scientist
Female Kentish Glory moth and eggs. Figure 10. Eggs of Puss moth. Figure 11. Eggs of. with fluffy hairs from the abdomen of the female (Figure 2). It is likely that this provides a measure of protection from tits and other insect-eating birds.
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Entomology: British Moths, Sphinxes
The insect is not unfrequent, at least in the larva state, both throughout England and the south of Scotland. The food of the caterpillar consists of the leaves of the Willow and Poplar. THE KENTISH GLORY. Endromk versicolor. PLATE XVI. Fig.
James Duncan, 1836
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The Naturalist's Library: Duncan, J. The natural history of ...
The insect is not unfrequent, at least in the larva state, both throughout England and the south of Scotland. The food of the caterpillar consists of the leaves of the Willow and Poplar. THE KENTISH GLORY. Endromis versicolor. PLATE XVI. Fig.
Sir William Jardine, 1836
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The Naturalist's Library
THE KENTISH GLORY. Endromis versicolor. PLATE XVI. Fig. 3, Female. Phal. Bom. Versicolor, Linn. ,- Don. v. Pl. 158', Entanwloglbal Transactions, i. 323, P1. 9 ._Glory of Kent, Wilkes, Pl. 89. __Kentish Glory, Harris. THE above name was ...
William Jardine, 1836
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Upland Britain: A Natural History
North York Moors (Margaret Atherden) 2 The Kentish glory, a rare moth of the Scottish Highlands (Archibald Heron) 3 Purple saxifrage in the Brecon Beacons ( Margaret Atherden) 4 The spring gentian in Upper Teesdale (Margaret Atherden) 5 ...
Margaret Atherden, 1992
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An Illustrated Natural History of British Moths: With ...
The Kentish Glory (Female). 102. The Emperor Moth (Male) (Saturniia. on the second, third, and fourth segments, are larger and longer than the rest, and there is a conspicuous hump on the twelfth segment ,' between the second and third seg ...
Edward Newman, 1869
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British butterflies
For example ; if you breed from the chrysalis a female Kentish Glory Moth, and then immediately take her — in a closed box, mind — out into her native woods, within a short space of time an actual crowd of male " Glories " come and fasten ...
William Stephen Coleman, 1860
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The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer
F. O. K. — Your beetle is not common : it is the Cassida pulchella of Panzer. Endromis Versicolora (Kentish Glory). This is one of the great prizes of the Lepidopterist during the present month. We thought some of our juvenile readers would like ...
‎1857
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The Natural History of British Moths, Sphinxes, &c: ...
The insect is not infrequent, at least in the larva state, both throughout England and the south of Scotland. The food of the caterpillar consists of the leaves of the Willow and Poplar. THE KENTISH GLORY. Endromis versicolor. PLATE XVI. Fig.
James Duncan, 1836
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The Myth & Magic of Embroidery
As a rule, all these effects can be achieved by using shorter stitches than would otherwise be employed - often a necessity because of their complex shadings ( see Fig 23) 8 x 8.5cm (3 x 3 '/.in) Fig 23 V The Kentish glory. A complicated motif  ...
Helen M Stevens, 2005

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KENTISH GLORY»

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Friday with Kim Newman and the Lord of the Undead
... planned – including a comics project set in the 1930s and a forthcoming novel (Kentish Glory) about a school for unusual girls in the 1920s. «Comic Book Resources, Nov 12»
2
Extinction fear for butterflies
They include chequered skipper butterfly, Kentish glory and New Forest Burnet moth. Mr Kirkland said: "There are already parts of Scotland ... «BBC News, May 08»

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