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purple emperor
noun
- any of several Old World nymphalid butterflies of the genus Apatura, esp A. iris, having mottled purple-and-brown wings
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Purple Emperor, a big violet-coloured diamond looted from an Indian temple, and set as a pendant.
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"I should not be surprised if that dangerous stone, the Purple Emperor, is at the bottom of it all," said Cleek.
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Stooping down he took possession once more of the Purple Emperor.
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The white markings on its blackish wings are somewhat similar to those of the Purple Emperor.
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The spectacle of this purple Emperor of the Press, with his ear constantly glued to the ground, is not wanting in pathos.
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