What's the difference between fritillary and spotted?
Fritillary
Definition:
(n.) A plant with checkered petals, of the genus Fritillaria: the Guinea-hen flower. See Fritillaria.
(n.) One of several species of butterflies belonging to Argynnis and allied genera; -- so called because the coloring of their wings resembles that of the common Fritillaria. See Aphrodite.
Example Sentences:
(1) With the exception of the subgenera Korolkowi, a supposed link between lilies and fritillaries, and chromsome complements of all plants contained bands.
(2) Last year's sites, Herridge's and Broom copses, are home to the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ) and scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ), and Sulham woods is inhabited by priority conservation species including the white-letter hairstreak ( Satyrium w-album ) and rare moths.
(3) He picked out native endangered and beloved species such as the heath fritillary butterfly on Exmoor, the netted carpet moth in Cumbria and puffins on the Farne islands as having done well.
(4) "It was not my job to do the bidding of two organisations that are little more than anti-capitalist agitprop groups, most of whose leaders could not tell a snake's head fritillary from a silver-washed fritillary," he said.
(5) Facebook Twitter Pinterest The land purchase will help to protect the Glanville fritillary butterfly.
(6) Bordering the farm is the rolling chalkland of Compton Downs, home to 33 butterfly species including the Adonis blue, the common blue and chalkhill blue – plus the Glanville fritillary, which does well at Compton Bay because it needs crumbling cliffs to thrive.
(7) They know nothing about the natural world, he says; their leaders “could not tell a snakeshead fritillary from a silver-washed fritillary ”.
(8) Conservationists are excited about the site on the Isle of Wight because it is a rich habitat for butterflies including the rare Glanville fritillary, but lovers of literature and the beach will also be pleased as securing the site will help preserve access to the stunning Compton Bay and Downs , spots that inspired Tennyson.
(9) Other species of butterflies and moths at the site include the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ), and the scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ).
(10) An abundance of marsh fritillary butterfly caterpillars on downs in Dorset and Wiltshire; in some places they got through all of their food-plant leaves (devil's-bit scabious).
(11) The site is home to a number of rare butterfly species that will potentially be hit by the spraying, including the silver-washed fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), white admiral ( Limenitis camilla ), and the scarlet tiger moth ( Callimorpha dominula ).
(12) The trust will work in partnership with Butterfly Conservation to create the right conditions to safeguard and improve the Glanville fritillary’s habitat.
(13) The bulb mite is the main transmitter of anhui fritillary rot, and damages the fritillary seriously.
Spotted
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Spot
(a.) Marked with spots; as, a spotted garment or character.
Example Sentences:
(1) O'Connell first spotted 14-year-old David Rudisha in 2004, running the 200m sprint at a provincial schools race.
(2) These lanes encourage cyclists to 'ride in the gutter' which in itself is a very dangerous riding position – especially on busy congested roads as it places the cyclist right in a motorist's blind spot.
(3) The effect of the mutation for white belly spot controlled by the dominant gene W on spermatogenesis in mice was examined by experimental cryptorchidism and its surgical reversal.
(4) Moments later, explosive charges blasted free two tungsten blocks, to shift the balance of the probe so it could fly itself to a prearranged landing spot .
(5) Our findings: (1) both forms, LC1 and LC3, migrate in the two species with rather similar electrophoretic constants (both in terms of pI and Mr); (2) the LC2 forms of rabbit and humans exhibit the same Mr but quite different pI values, the rabbit forms being more acidic; (3) the chain LC2Sb is resolved into two spots in both rabbit and humans.
(6) You just have to be the first person to spot a coach.
(7) The overall effect achieved with LTS was less than that with LTP, but it is possible to reduce IOP by selecting more reasonable parameters, e.g., a laser setting of 200mW, a 50 microns spot size and a 0.5 to 1-sec duration.
(8) The average repetitive yields and initial coupling of proteins spotted or blotted into PVDF membranes ranged between 84-98% and 30-108% respectively, and were comparable with the yields measured for proteins spotted onto Polybrene-coated glass fiber discs.
(9) In north-west Copenhagen, among the quiet, graffiti-tagged streets of red-brick blocks and low-rise social housing bordering the multi-ethnic Nørrebro district, police continued to cordon off roads and search a flat near the spot where officers killed a man believed to be behind Denmark’s bloodiest attacks in over a decade.
(10) Detection limits were then calculated for the different sizes of cold spots.
(11) These complications were believed to be caused by the use of a small spot size with high energy.
(12) In the brownish skin and in the black spots of the dorsal region all types of chromatophores are found.
(13) I can always spot something for my sisters Gretchen and Amy.
(14) Debeaking had no effect on the incidence of blood-spotting in the eggs.
(15) Six abnormal colonoscopic appearances were documented, namely mucosal edema, ulcers, friability, punctate spots, erythematous areas and luminal exudate.
(16) The town's Castle Hill is the perfect climb for travellers with energy to burn off: at the top is a picnic spot with far-reaching views, and there is a small children's play area at its foot.
(17) This appears to be a newly described entity, although it resembles a Becker's nevus without hypertrichosis or an typical café au lait spot.
(18) A £100,000 bronze statue of an ordinary family, the Joneses, will be unveiled in a prime spot outside the city’s library which opened last year.
(19) When delta phi was enlarged, first saccades were either directed near the green or the red spot (bistable response mode).
(20) Join us for a spot of future gazing as we discuss: The challenges and opportunities colleges and training providers will face over the next five years International expansion The role of FE in higher education New ways to diversify New technology – the possibilities and risks.