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APATURA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Apatura mean?
• APATURA (noun)
The noun APATURA has 1 sense:
1. large Old World butterflies
Familiarity information: APATURA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large Old World butterflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Apatura; genus Apatura
Hypernyms ("Apatura" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Apatura"):
emperor; emperor butterfly (large richly colored butterfly)
Holonyms ("Apatura" is a member of...):
family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)
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