| Pronunciation: | | vu'nesu
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[n] painted beauty and red admiral |
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VANESSA is a 7 letter word that starts with V. |
| | Synonyms: | | genus Vanessa |
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| | See Also: | | arthropod genus, family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae, painted beauty, red admiral, Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa virginiensis |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Van*es"sa\, n. [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus
and Vanessa. See {Vanessa}, in the Dictionary of Noted Names
in Fiction.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies
belonging to {Vanessa} and allied genera. Many of these
species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
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