PIERID BUTTERFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pierid butterfly mean? 

• PIERID BUTTERFLY (noun)
  The noun PIERID BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs

  Familiarity information: PIERID BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIERID BUTTERFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

pierid; pierid butterfly

Hypernyms ("pierid butterfly" is a kind of...):

butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pierid butterfly"):

cabbage butterfly (white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage)

Holonyms ("pierid butterfly" is a member of...):

family Pieridae; Pieridae (arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies)