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    FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Large beautifully colored butterfliesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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