Rajah Brooke's birdwing

noun

Trogonoptera brookiana, a birdwing butterfly of Asian rainforests.

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Meanings

nounRajah Brooke's birdwing (plural Rajah Brooke's birdwings)

plural Rajah Brooke's birdwings

  1. Trogonoptera brookiana, a birdwing butterfly of Asian rainforests.

Origin

Named by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855, after James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak.

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APA

Rajah Brooke's birdwing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rajah%20Brooke's%20birdwing

MLA

“Rajah Brooke's birdwing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rajah%20Brooke's%20birdwing. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rajah Brooke's birdwing,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rajah%20Brooke's%20birdwing.

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