painted lady

noun

Definition of painted lady

1 : a migratory nymphalid butterfly (Vanessa cardui) with wings mottled in brown, orange, black, and white

2 : prostitute sense 1a

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Orange clouds of painted lady butterflies swarm there on their way to Northern Europe, and herds of wild horses roam among the oil installations. — Stanley Reed, New York Times, "A Windswept Plain, a Sea of Oil and a Mountain of Money," 30 Aug. 2019 The butterflies in question were painted ladies, which are sometimes mistaken for monarch butterflies. — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, "Huge butterfly swarm detected by weather radar in Colorado," 6 Oct. 2017

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