Vanessa

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the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A notable genus of butterflies, used variously by different authors, but now generally restricted to a few forms, of which the cosmopolitan V. atalanta is the type.
  • n. [lowercase] A butterfly of this genus.
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  • n. painted beauty and red admiral
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