VANESSA
Dictionary entry overview: What does Vanessa mean? • VANESSA (noun)
The noun VANESSA has 1 sense:
1. painted beauty and red admiral
Familiarity information: VANESSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• VANESSA (noun)
Meaning:
Painted beauty and red admiral
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Vanessa; Vanessa
Hypernyms ("Vanessa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Vanessa"):
painted beauty; Vanessa virginiensis (American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots)
red admiral; Vanessa atalanta (of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings)
Holonyms ("Vanessa" is a member of...):
family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)
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