ringlet
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ringlet
- /ˈɹɪŋ.lət/
Rhymes with -ɪŋlət
Where it comes from
From ring + -let. Compare Middle English ryngyl, ryngyll, rengel (“ringlet”).
noun ringlets
- A small ring.
- A lock, tress. Her hair was in ringlets.
- Any of various butterflies with small rings on the wings, in the tribe Satyrini of the family Nymphalidae, such as Aphantopus hyperantus.
verb ringlets · ringleting · ringleted
- To form into ringlets. "It's very becoming!" said Pollie coaxingly, taking his curly head, which she had been brushing and ringleting for the last half hour, all damp, into her arms.
- To surround or encircle like a ringlet. I think now that if it had gripped me with those suckers, I would have gone out into the mist too. But it didn't. It grabbed Norm. And the third tentacle ringleted his other ankle. Now he was being pulled away from me.
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noun butterfly
| Русский | глазо́к цвето́чный glazók cvetóčnyj, глазо́к чёрно-бу́рый glazók čórno-búryj |
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title = {ringlet},
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