"white-letter hairstreak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white-letter hairstreaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} white-letter hairstreak (plural white-letter hairstreaks)
  1. A small, brown butterfly with a W-shaped white streak, Satyrium w-album, of the family Lycaenidae. Wikipedia link: white-letter hairstreak Categories (lifeform): Gossamer-winged butterflies Translations (butterfly): ròin-stiallach geal [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)

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