D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Thecla

/thĕk'-läˌ/ · Thec·la · IPA /θɛklə/
01 n. Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin.
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    Any one of many species of small delicately colored butterflies belonging to Thecla and allied genera; -- called also hairstreak, and elfin. Also: hairstreak, elfin