Blade given jerk, repelling butterfly (7)
I believe the answer is:
vanessa
'butterfly' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both animals as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see an association between them that I don't see?
'blade given jerk repelling' is the wordplay.
'blade' becomes 'vane' (synonyms).
'given jerk' becomes 'ass' (I've seen this in another clue. I am not sure about the 'given' bit.).
'repelling' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ass' reversed gives 'ssa'.
'vane'+'ssa'='VANESSA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for vanessa that I've seen before include "Girl's name - butterfly genus" , "Girl's name; red admiral, painted lady genus" , "Red admiral butterfly" .)