Ringlet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A long, spirally curled lock of hair.
  • n. A small circle or ring.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small ring.
  • n. A lock, tress.
  • n. A brown butterfly with numerous small rings on under wings, Aphantopus hyperantus, of the family Nymphalidae.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A small ring; a small circle; specifically, a fairy ring.
  • n. A curl; especially, a curl of hair.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A circle, in a poetical or unusual sense; a ring other than a finger-ring: used loosely.
  • n. A curl of hair; usually, a long and spirally curled lock, as distinguished from one of the small naturally curled locks of short hair.
  • n. An English collectors' name for certain satyrid butterflies: thus, Epinephele hyperanthus is the ringlet, and Cœnonympha tiphon is the small ringlet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae
  • n. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)
  • n. a strand or cluster of hair
  • n. a small ring
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    butterfly    ring    band   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    curl    ring    lock   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tress    curl    moustache    ponytail    eyelash    wig    mustaches    braid    mane    strand