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FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Nymphalidae mean?

• FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE has 1 sense:

1. large beautifully colored butterflies

Familiarity information: FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY NYMPHALIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Nymphalidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Large beautifully colored butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae

Hypernyms ("family Nymphalidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Nymphalidae"):

Apatura; genus Apatura (large Old World butterflies)

Argynnis; genus Argynnis; genus Spyeria; Spyeria (fritillaries)

genus Polygonia; Polygonia (comma butterflies)

genus Limenitis; Limenitis (mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars)

genus Vanessa; Vanessa (painted beauty and red admiral)

genus Nymphalis; Nymphalis (type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies)

brush-footed butterfly; four-footed butterfly; nymphalid; nymphalid butterfly (medium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast)

genus Inachis; Inachis (a genus of Nymphalidae)

Holonyms ("family Nymphalidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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