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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of diurnal lepidopterous insects, belonging to the family Nymphalidœ, containing many beautiful butterflies, remarkable for their iridescent colors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a genus of large Old World butterflies.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large Old World butterflies
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