mariposa – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Mariposa
Mariposa is the Spanish word for
Butterfly. It may also refer to:
- La Mariposa, a character from the Dead or Alive video game series
- Las Mariposas, nickname for the Mirabal sisters, Dominican political dissidents who opposed the dictatorship of Rafael Trujillo
- Mariposa (novel), a 2009 novel by science fiction author Greg Bear
- Mariposa Battalion, a California State Militia unit formed in 1851 to fight the Miwok and Yokut people in the Mariposa War
- Mariposa botnet, a botnet involved in cyberscamming and denial of service attacks
- Mariposa Folk Festival, a folk music festival in Ontario, Canada
- Mariposa Grove, a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park
- Mariposa lily, a bulbous plant species of the genus Calochortus; native to western North America
- Mariposa School of Skating, a Canadian figure-skating training center
- Mariposa War, a war between Native Americans and miners in California that lasted from May 1850 until June 1851
- Moth, a flying insect related to the butterfly
- Mariposa (wrestler), American professional wrestler
mariposa
Noun
1. any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having tulip-shaped flowers with 3 sepals and 3 petals; southwestern United States and Mexico
(synonym) mariposa tulip, mariposa lily
(hypernym) liliaceous plant
(hyponym) star tulip, elegant cat's ears, Calochortus elegans
(member-holonym) Calochortus, genus Calochortus
mariposa
nf.
butterfly, any of a number of winged insects of the order Lepidoptera having long slender bodies and four colorful wings; butterfly stroke (Swimming); pansy, homosexual (derogatory)
mariposa (f)
n.
moth, miller
mariposa
(n.) = butterfly.
Ex: They aren't going in with a definite title and author who they absolutely have to have, the fourth edition, or a certain translation; in other words, they've been given an assignment on butterflies.
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* manga de mariposa = butterfly net.
* mariposa emperador = emperor moth.
* mariposa tigre = tiger moth.
* nadar a mariposa = swim + butterfly.
* natación a mariposa = butterfly stroke.
* tuerca de mariposa = thumb-screw ; wing nut.
* válvula de mariposa = butterfly valve.
