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blue (butterfly) (sh) and sabre (medicine)


blue (butterfly) (sh)




Any member of the widely occurring lepidopteran family Lycaenidae.

Adults, sometimes known as gossamer-winged butterflies, are small and delicate, with a wingspan of 0.75-1.5 in. (18-38 mm). Blues are rapid fliers, and most species have iridescent wings. Larvae are short, broad, and sluglike. Some species secrete honeydew, a sweet by-product of digestion that attracts ants, which stroke the larvae with their legs to stimulate honeydew secretion.


sabre (medicine)


sabre


A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword.

<zoology> Saber fish, or Sabre fish, the cutlass fish.

Origin: F. Sabre, G. Sabel; of uncertain origin; cf. Hung. Szablya, Pol. Szabla, Russ. Sabla, and L. Gr. Crooked, curved.

Source: Websters Dictionary