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turnus |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Turnus \Tur"nus\, n. [NL., fr L. Turnus, the king of the Rutuli mentioned in the [AE]neid.] (Zo["o]l.) A common, large handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of {Papilio, or Jasoniades glaucus}. The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also {tiger swallowtail}. See Illust. under {Swallowtail}.
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