Mourning Cloak (Noun)
Meaning
Of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The mourning cloak butterfly was perched delicately on the frozen winter flowers, its dark purple wings glistening with dew.
- The observer marveled at the yellow borders of the mourning cloak as it danced in the spring air, the vibrant color an eerie contrast to the chill that lingered.
- Deep within the frosty woodland, the mournful silhouette of the mourning cloak appeared briefly on a leaf, and was gone, a dark speck swallowed by the stillness.
- Entomologists across temperate regions celebrate the resilient mourning cloak for adapting its migratory habits and even re-emerging on frozen mornings, never staying away.
- For its rather sinister and old-world mystique, as well as for the grand sight of those broad wings outstretched and flaunting rich color on overcast winter mornings, this leathery specimen known to North Americans simply as mourning cloak also gathered worldwide scientific appreciation.