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PIERIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies

Synonyms:

family Pieridae; Pieridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Pieridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pieridae"):

pierid; pierid butterfly (any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs)

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

genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)

sulfur butterfly; sulphur butterfly (any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies)

Holonyms ("Pieridae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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