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PRONUNCIATION OF TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

tortoiseshell butterfly  [ˈtɔːtəˌʃɛl ˈbʌtəˌflaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

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Tortoiseshell butterfly is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of tortoiseshell butterfly in the English dictionary

The definition of tortoiseshell butterfly in the dictionary is any of several nymphalid butterflies of the genus Nymphalis, and related genera, having orange-brown wings with black markings.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY


blackfly
ˈblækˌflaɪ
blowfly
ˈbləʊˌflaɪ
butterfly
ˈbʌtəˌflaɪ
catchfly
ˈkætʃˌflaɪ
damselfly
ˈdæmzəlˌflaɪ
dayfly
ˈdeɪˌflaɪ
deerfly
ˈdɪəˌflaɪ
dragonfly
ˈdræɡənˌflaɪ
firefly
ˈfaɪəˌflaɪ
gadfly
ˈɡædˌflaɪ
glowfly
ˈɡləʊˌflaɪ
greenfly
ˈɡriːnˌflaɪ
horsefly
ˈhɔːsˌflaɪ
housefly
ˈhaʊsˌflaɪ
mayfly
ˈmeɪˌflaɪ
sandfly
ˈsændˌflaɪ
sawfly
ˈsɔːˌflaɪ
stonefly
ˈstəʊnˌflaɪ
test-fly
ˈtɛstˌflaɪ
whitefly
ˈwaɪtˌflaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

tortility
tortilla
tortilla chips
tortillon
tortious
tortiously
tortive
tortoise
tortoise beetle
tortoiseshell
tortoiseshell cat
tortoiseshell turtle
Tortola
tortoni
tortricid
tortrix
torts lawyer
Tortuga
tortuosities
tortuosity

WORDS THAT END LIKE TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

barfly
black fly
briefly
brimstone butterfly
chiefly
comma butterfly
dry fly
fly
fruit fly
gruffly
let fly
on the fly
overfly
peacock butterfly
purfly
red admiral butterfly
refly
ruffly
sea butterfly
swallowtail butterfly

Synonyms and antonyms of tortoiseshell butterfly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tortoiseshell butterfly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY

Find out the translation of tortoiseshell butterfly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tortoiseshell butterfly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tortoiseshell butterfly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

玳瑁蝴蝶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mariposa de concha
570 millions of speakers

English

tortoiseshell butterfly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tortoiseshell तितली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

ذبل فراشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

черепаховый бабочки
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

borboleta de tartaruga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টর্পসেসেল প্রজাপতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

écaille papillon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kupu-kupu kura-kura
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fuchs Schmetterling
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

べっ甲蝶
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

돔 나비
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kupu kupu tortoiseshell
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nâu bướm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆமை பட்டாம்பூச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्टॉइसशेल फुलपाखरू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaplumbağa kelebek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tartaruga farfalla
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

motyl szylkret
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

черепаховий метелики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

carapace de broască țestoasă fluture
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ταρταρούγα πεταλούδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

skilpad skoenlapper
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sköldpadd butterfly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skilpaddeskall butterfly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tortoiseshell butterfly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY»

The term «tortoiseshell butterfly» is normally little used and occupies the 149.308 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tortoiseshell butterfly» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tortoiseshell butterfly» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tortoiseshell butterfly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY»

Discover the use of tortoiseshell butterfly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tortoiseshell butterfly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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1000 Facts Insects
After mating, a female tortoiseshell butterfly lays her eggs in batches on young nettle leaves. Each batch contains 60 to 100 eggs. • The eggs hatch after about 10 days and the caterpillars spin a web over the nettle's growing tip. Tortoiseshell  ...
Miles Kelly
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The Butterfly Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the ...
11, ♂ (The California Tortoiseshell). Butterfly.—On the upper side deep fulvous, mottled with yellow, spotted and bordered withblack. Ontheunder side dark brown; paleonthe outerhalfof theprimaries, the entire surface marked withdarklinesand ...
William Jacob Holland
3
New Scientist
Small tortoiseshell butterfly behind a picture frame in midwinter. All but the last are closely related, and belong to the family Nymphalidae. Although in a normal way these five species remain asleep throughout the autumn and winter, a few ...
4
An Encyclopædia of Gardening: Comprising the Theory and ...
The Elm, or Large Tortoiseshell, butterfly. The caterpillar is about an inch and three quarters long, of alight chestnut brown colour, with one or two blackish lines on the sides, and the body covered with short hairy prickles like the last four ...
John Claudius Loudon, Mrs. Loudon (Jane), 1871
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Magazine of Natural History
Frogs croaking on the 20th ; bees on wing, 10th ; humble bees, 22d ; small tortoiseshell butterfly, 22d ; ants in motion, 25th ; nuthatch heard, 22d ; black and white wagtail seen, 29th. April. A cold wet month : it rained on twenty days ; thunder on ...
John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson, 1830
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Magazine of Natural History
Frogs croaking on the 20th; bees on wing, 10th; humble bees, 22d; small tortoiseshell butterfly, 22d ; ants in motion, 25th ; nuthatch heard, 22d ; black and white wagtail seen, 29th. April. A cold wet month : it rained on twenty days ; thunder on ...
‎1830
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The Magazine of Natural History, and Journal of Zoology, ...
Frogs croaking on the 20th ; bees on wing, 10th ; humble bees, 22d ; small tortoiseshell butterfly, 22d; ants in motion, 25th; nuthatch heard, 22d; black and white wagtail seen, 29th. April. A cold wet month : it rained on twenty days ; thunder on ...
J. C. Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, 1830
8
Nick Baker's British Wildlife: A Month by Month Guide
LEFT: Peacock Butterfly, BELOW: Small Tortoiseshell butterfly The Peacock Butterfly And Small Tortoiseshell butterfly are both hiber- first to greet the warmer days. Because they have been around since last September and still have a month ...
Nick Baker, Nick Baker, Wildlife Trusts (Great Britain), 2006
9
Vladimir Nabokov and the Art of Painting
Bosch must have been equally casual about his Tortoiseshell butterfly, which is an inaccurate representation, as Ada and Lucette point out to Demon. Bosch ' evidently found a wing or two in the corner cobweb of his casement and showed the ...
Gerard de Vries, Donald Barton Johnson, 2006
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Sculpting in Wire
I have based my wing shape on the tortoiseshell butterfly, but your butterfly may be different. You can follow the pattern in the next photo if you like.I made a couple of gentle bends and then brought the wire back towards the middle of the  ...
Cathy Miles, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TORTOISESHELL BUTTERFLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tortoiseshell butterfly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Butterflies, ants battle it out to become UK's favourite insect
Experts at the Royal Society of Biology have shortlisted 10 insects which include the small tortoiseshell butterfly, the emperor dragonfly and the stag beetle. «Times of India, Aug 15»
2
Help count Alberta butterflies this weekend
A Milbert's Tortoiseshell butterfly. ... the first-ever Butterfly Roundup by taking a picture of a butterfly or butterflies and uploading the picture to www.e-butterfly.org. «Edmonton Sun, May 15»
3
Rare continental butterfly survives UK winter for first time
The scarce tortoiseshell butterfly has successfully hibernated over winter in Britain ... into spring, 2015 could see the first UK-born scarce tortoiseshells on record. «The Guardian, Mar 15»
4
100 years ago: Early rising small tortoiseshell butterflies
Small tortoiseshell butterfly (Aglais urticae) hibernating under shelf in garage, Sowerby, North Yorkshire, England. Photograph: FLPA / Alamy/Alamy. «The Guardian, Jan 15»
5
Tortoiseshell butterfly fights back despite 'August autumn'
The small tortoiseshell butterfly, numbers of which rose by 22% this year,, was the fourth most commonly seen butterfly in the count. Photograph: Josie ... «The Guardian, Sep 14»
6
RSPB Minsmere: Rare yellow-legged tortoiseshell butterfly spotted
"Sure enough, sitting on the bungalow guttering was an unusual tortoiseshell butterfly - slightly larger and paler than the familiar small tortoiseshell, with a ... «BBC News, Jul 14»
7
Colourful butterflies to look out for this summer
But look carefully to figure out which type you've spotted - blue marks on the wing edges is a difference between this Small Tortoiseshell butterfly and the ... «CBBC Newsround, Jul 11»
8
Parasite implicated in decline of small tortoiseshell butterfly
Wild populations of the small tortoiseshell butterfly fell sharply between 2003 and 2008. The species even disappeared in some parts of Britain. Now, with the ... «Planet Earth, Apr 11»
9
UK butterfly numbers hit new low
Butterfly numbers have fallen to a new low, according to the latest results of the UK Butterfly ... The Small Tortoiseshell butterfly is becoming rare in many areas. «Planet Earth, Apr 09»
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Huge Decline in Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly Number Baffles …
The Small Tortoiseshell butterfly was common in gardens throughout the UK, but in recent years it has a suffered dramatic decline, especially in South East ... «Wildlife Extra, Apr 08»

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