Etymograph

English

mapwing

From map + wing.

A compound of map + wing

Medieval Latin mappa mundī

Old French mapamonde ‘world map’

Middle English mappemounde ‘world map’

English map

Old Norse vængr

Middle English winge ‘a wing’

English wing

Today it means

noun Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Cyrestis, of Africa, Asia, and Australasia, having map-like marking on the wings.

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Etymograph / mapwing