Definition of Satyrid

1. Noun. Any butterfly of the family ''Satyridae'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Satyrid

1. a brownish butterfly [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Satyrid

saturnisms
satyagraha
satyagrahas
satyr
satyr orchid
satyr play
satyra
satyral
satyrals
satyras
satyress
satyriases
satyric
satyrical
satyrid (current term)
satyrids
satyrion
satyrions
satyrisk
satyrisks
satyrism
satyrlike
satyrs
sau
sauba
sauba ant
sauba ants
saubas
sauce

Literary usage of Satyrid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The food consists largely of beetles, grubs, larvae, the smooth green larvae of various satyrid butterflies, flies, ants, and in general the various sorts ..."

2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"To complete the cryptic resemblance when at rest, some satyrid ... These characters we find developed in a high degree in all satyrid larvae. ..."

3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"This appears to be a common habit among satyrid arvre, for that excellent observer, Powell, notes (in litt. ..."

4. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... however, are distinctly of the satyrid type. How semele and janira have ever been put into the same genus is a complete puzzle. ..."

5. The Butterflies of North Americaby William Henry Edwards by William Henry Edwards (1897)
"When undisturbed, or on dull days, it flies slowly with the usual dropping satyrid flight, and frequently alights upon the leaves or upon the lichen- ..."

6. Problems of Genetics by William Bateson (1913)
"... and emerge at once if the temperature permits, and I imagine a species of satyrid wholly or largely ..."

7. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"The food consists largely of beetles, grubs, larvae, the smooth green larvae of various satyrid butterflies, flies, ants, and in general the various sorts ..."

8. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1908)
"To complete the cryptic resemblance when at rest, some satyrid ... These characters we find developed in a high degree in all satyrid larvae. ..."

9. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"This appears to be a common habit among satyrid arvre, for that excellent observer, Powell, notes (in litt. ..."

10. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"... however, are distinctly of the satyrid type. How semele and janira have ever been put into the same genus is a complete puzzle. ..."

11. The Butterflies of North Americaby William Henry Edwards by William Henry Edwards (1897)
"When undisturbed, or on dull days, it flies slowly with the usual dropping satyrid flight, and frequently alights upon the leaves or upon the lichen- ..."

12. Problems of Genetics by William Bateson (1913)
"... and emerge at once if the temperature permits, and I imagine a species of satyrid wholly or largely ..."

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