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vanessa |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Vanessa \Van*es"sa\, n. [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See {Vanessa}, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Vanessa n : painted beauty and red admiral [syn: {Vanessa}, {genus Vanessa}]
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