pierid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

pierid(n = noun.animal) pierid butterfly - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs; Array

is a kind of butterfly

is a member of family pieridae, pieridae

has particulars: cabbage butterfly

pierid, n. [See Peirides.].

Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage. [1913 Webster]

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