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EMPEROR BUTTERFLY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large richly colored butterfly

Synonyms:

emperor; emperor butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)

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

Apatura iris; purple emperor (large European butterfly the male of which has wings shaded with purple)

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

Apatura; genus Apatura (large Old World butterflies)

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