apefly

noun
/ˈeɪp.flaɪ/

Etymology

Blend of ape + butterfly.

  1. inherited from buterflēoge
  2. inherited from buterflie
  3. compounded as apefly — “ape + butterfly

Definitions

  1. A small lycaenid butterfly native to South- and Southeast Asia, Spalgis epius, whose pupa…

    A small lycaenid butterfly native to South- and Southeast Asia, Spalgis epius, whose pupa is said to look like a monkey's face.

  2. Any butterfly in the genus Spalgis

The neighborhood

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