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FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large beautifully colored butterflies
Synonyms:
family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Nymphalidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Nymphalidae"):
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)
genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)
genus Vanessa; Vanessa (painted beauty and red admiral)
genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)
genus Polygonia; Polygonia (comma butterflies)
genus Spyeria; Spyeria; Argynnis; genus Argynnis (fritillaries)
Apatura; genus Apatura (large Old World butterflies)
genus Inachis; Inachis (a genus of Nymphalidae)
Holonyms ("family Nymphalidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
