copper
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- noun
- /ˈkɑːpər/
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licénido
- ...although what distinguishes the skippers from hair streaks, coppers and blues is the way the clubs and antennae gradually thicken, often ending in hooked points.
Examples
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The copper butterfly is known for its bright orange wings when seen in sunlight.
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I've got these ones which are the copper swirl Californian poppies which say easy grow and Hardy annually, which is what I like to hear.
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And how late mushrooms with copper-colored heads will sprout in the white moss of the pine saplings.
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During my hike, I spotted a copper fluttering around the wildflowers.
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She was thrilled to find a rare copper resting softly on a leaf.
Synonyms
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A small insect with a thin body and bright wings that flies in daylight
A small orange-brown butterfly found in eastern and central North America
A small copper-colored butterfly that visits wildflowers in fields and gardens
A small butterfly with shiny blue, green or copper upper wings
A small bright butterfly often with blue, shiny wings
A small butterfly with bright, often blue, wings
Compounds
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A bright blue salt used to kill fungus on plants and for simple lab work
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A form of impure copper with a black, bumpy surface caused by trapped gas when it is melted
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A yellow shiny mineral that contains copper and iron and people mine it for copper
A sea fish with a copper-coloured body that lives near the Pacific coast of North America
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A metal made mostly of copper mixed with other metals like tin or zinc
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A sheet of copper fixed to a ship's bottom to stop barnacles and sea life
A small copper-colored butterfly that visits wildflowers in fields and gardens
Surface Forms
Etymology
The little butterfly called a copper is named for its shiny red-orange wings that look like the metal copper, so the name simply describes the insect's colour.