Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the lepidopterous family Pieridæ.
- Having the characters of or belonging to the family Pieridæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under
cabbage .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any
butterfly ofPieris and relatedgenera .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
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Examples
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They are seen individually, so, "Ce SONT" is very appropriate and would be my choice. le paon du jour is a peacock butterfly le vulcain is a red admiral la (vanesse) petite tortue is a tortoiseshell la piéride = pierid
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The Common Jezebel is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of South and Southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
Kottu 2010
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The Common Jezebel is a medium sized pierid butterfly found in many areas of South and Southeast Asia, especially in the non-arid regions of India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
Kottu 2010
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Leaf-green pierid butterflies alight on the sandy shores of the Tuichi River in Bolivia's Madidi National Park.
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le paon du jour is a peacock butterfly le vulcain is a red admiral la vanesse petite tortue is a tortoiseshell la piéride = pierid
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