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Webster 1913 Edition


Pierid

Pi′er-id

,
Noun.
[See
Peirides
.]
(Zool.)
Any butterfly of the genus
Pieris
and related genera. See
Cabbage butterfly
, under
Cabbage
.

Definition 2024


pierid

pierid

English

Noun

pierid (plural pierids)

  1. (entomology) Any butterfly of the family Pieridae.

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