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Satyrid, n. and a.|səˈtɪrɪd|
[a. mod.L. family name Satyridæ, f. generic name Satyrus (P. A. Latreille & J. B. Godart Encyclopédie Méthodique (Insectes) (1819) IX. 11): see satyr and -id3.]
A. n. A small, usually brown, butterfly belonging to the subfamily Satyrinæ of the family Nymphalidæ.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to a butterfly of this kind.
1901D. Sharp in Cambr. Nat. Hist. VI. vi. 348 The species of the genus Pierella connect these transparent Satyrids with the more ordinary forms. 1912H. Rowland-Brown Butterflies & Moths viii. 79 The Continental Satyrids..and our ‘Grayling’,..well-nigh invisible on the tree trunks where they love to perch. 1936Discovery Dec. 370/2 A shining silvery insect..quite different from the general run of Satyrid butterflies. 1963V. Nabokov Gift ii. 126 His father accompanied him up a trail through the pinewoods in order to show him, with a smile of condescension for this European trifle, the Satyrid recently described by Kuznetzov, which was flitting from stone to stone. 1975Zool. Jrnl. CLXXVII. 333 Zethera hestioides Felder, a Philippine Satyrid..shows unimodal mimicry. |
