The blue underwing or Clifden nonpareil (Catocala fraxini), a species of moth distributed across the Palearctic; also (obsolete) any of a number of moths of other species.

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(chiefly US) The painted bunting (Passerina ciris), a brightly-coloured finch native to North America.

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(archaic) Any of various types of small sweets.

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(by extension, dated) A small pellet of white or coloured sugar used as decoration on baked goods and candy.

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(by extension) A small, flat chocolate drop covered with such pellets of sugar, similar to a comfit.

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(by extension) A caper (“pickled edible flower bud”) of the smallest size.

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(uncountable, typography, chiefly historical) The size of type between ruby and emerald (or, in the United States, between agate and minion), standardized as 6-point; (countable) a slug of this size.

I believe that letters which are less than a millimetre and a half (1/17 inch) high, will finally prove injurious to the eye. How little attention has hitherto been paid to this important subject is exemplified in the fact that even oculistic journals and books frequently contain nonpareil, or letters only a millimetre (1/25 inch) high.

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