red admiral

1. 1.

   of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings

   SynonymsVanessa atalanta

   Broadernymphalid

   Part ofVanessa

Questions about red admiral

What does red admiral mean?

red admiral means "of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings".

What is another word for red admiral?

Close synonyms include Vanessa atalanta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is red admiral a common word?

red admiral is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.