ALL meanings of red admiral
red ad·mi·ral
R r - noun red admiral the commander in chief of a fleet. 1
- noun red admiral a naval officer of the highest rank. 1
- noun red admiral a naval officer of a high rank: the grades in the U.S. Navy are fleet admiral, admiral, vice-admiral, and rear admiral. 1
- noun red admiral Obsolete. the flagship of an admiral. 1
- noun red admiral British. a master who directs a fishing fleet. 1
- noun red admiral any of several often brightly colored butterflies of the family Nymphalidae, as Vanessa atalanta (red admiral) 1
- noun red admiral a nymphalid butterfly, Vanessa atalanta, of temperate Europe and Asia, having black wings with red and white markings 0
- noun red admiral a purplish-black European and North American butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) with white spots near the tips of the forewings and bright-orange bands across the forewings and bordering the hind wings 0