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    EMPEROR BUTTERFLY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large richly colored butterflyplay

    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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