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    NYMPHALID

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breastplay

    Synonyms:

    brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nymphalid"):

    Camberwell beauty; mourning cloak; mourning cloak butterfly; Nymphalis antiopa (of temperate regions; having dark purple wings with yellow borders)

    tortoiseshell; tortoiseshell butterfly (brilliantly colored; larvae feed on nettles)

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

    admiral (any of several brightly colored butterflies)

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

    Limenitis camilla; white admiral (Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings)

    banded purple; Limenitis arthemis; white admiral (North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band)

    Limenitis astyanax; red-spotted purple (similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces)

    Limenitis archippus; viceroy (showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller)

    anglewing (nymphalid butterfly having angular notches on the outer edges of the forewings)

    comma; comma butterfly; Polygonia comma (anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing)

    fritillary (butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver)

    emperor; emperor butterfly (large richly colored butterfly)

    Inachis io; peacock; peacock butterfly (European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot)

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

    family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)

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