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Clifden nonpareil

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Clifden nonpareil/klɪfd(ə)nˈnɒnpərɛl/

▶noun a large moth of mostly subdued coloration, with a pale blue band on the underwing. [Catocala fraxini.]

– origin C18: from Clifden (now Cliveden), a village in Buckinghamshire and nonpareil.

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