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    PIERID

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legsplay

    Synonyms:

    pierid; pierid butterfly

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("pierid" 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 "pierid"):

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

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

    family Pieridae; Pieridae (arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies)

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