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FAMILY PIERIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies
Synonyms:
family Pieridae; Pieridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Pieridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Pieridae"):
pierid; pierid butterfly (any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs)
cabbage butterfly (white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage)
genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)
sulfur butterfly; sulphur butterfly (any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies)
Holonyms ("family Pieridae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)