Cinnabar

Definitions

1. A deep red mineral, mercuric sulfide, HgS; the principal ore of mercury; such ore used as the pigment vermilion.
   countable, uncountable
2. A bright red colour tinted with orange.
   countable, uncountable
3. A species of erebid moth, Tyria jacobaeae, having red patches on its predominantly black wings.
   countable
4. Synonym of dragon's blood (“type of resin”).
   countable, uncountable
5. The Elixir of Life.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“There are a few day-flying exceptions such as hummingbird hawk-moths, silver Ys, cinnabars, scarlet tigers and burnets but, in general, knowledge of moths lags behind that of butterflies.”

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