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POLYGONIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Polygonia mean?

• POLYGONIA (noun)
The noun POLYGONIA has 1 sense:

1. comma butterflies

Familiarity information: POLYGONIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• POLYGONIA (noun)

Sense 1

Polygonia ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Comma butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Polygonia; Polygonia

Hypernyms ("Polygonia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Polygonia"):

comma; comma butterfly; Polygonia comma (anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing)

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

family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)

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POLYGONIA: related words searches

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