Library / English Dictionary

VANESSA

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Painted beauty and red admiral

Synonyms:

genus Vanessa; Vanessa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Vanessa"):

painted beauty; Vanessa virginiensis (American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots)

red admiral; Vanessa atalanta (of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings)

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

family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)

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