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SULPHUR BUTTERFLY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sulphur butterfly mean?

• SULPHUR BUTTERFLY (noun)
The noun SULPHUR BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies

Familiarity information: SULPHUR BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SULPHUR BUTTERFLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sulfur butterfly; sulphur butterfly

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

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

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

family Pieridae; Pieridae (cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies)

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