SULFUR BUTTERFLY

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Meaning:

Any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies

Synonyms:

sulfur butterfly; sulphur butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("sulfur butterfly" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("sulfur butterfly" is a member of...):

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

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