"leafwing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: leafwings [plural]
Etymology: leaf + wing Etymology templates: {{compound|en|leaf|wing}} leaf + wing Head templates: {{en-noun}} leafwing (plural leafwings)
  1. (entomology) Any butterfly of the subfamily Charaxinae. Categories (topical): Entomology
    Sense id: en-leafwing-en-noun-CaKTN4~q Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
  2. (Australia, entomology) The butterfly Doleschallia bisaltide. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Entomology Categories (lifeform): Nymphalid butterflies
    Sense id: en-leafwing-en-noun-ADasamor Disambiguation of Nymphalid butterflies: 30 70 Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: autumn leaf

Inflected forms

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