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NYMPHALIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Nymphalis mean?
• NYMPHALIS (noun)
The noun NYMPHALIS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies
Familiarity information: NYMPHALIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis
Hypernyms ("Nymphalis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Nymphalis"):
Camberwell beauty; mourning cloak; mourning cloak butterfly; Nymphalis antiopa (of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders)
tortoiseshell; tortoiseshell butterfly (brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles)
Holonyms ("Nymphalis" is a member of...):
family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)
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