PIERID BUTTERFLY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

pierid; pierid butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pierid butterfly" 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 butterfly"):

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

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

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