PIERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pieridae mean? 

• PIERIDAE (noun)
  The noun PIERIDAE has 1 sense:

1. arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies

  Familiarity information: PIERIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Pieridae; Pieridae

Hypernyms ("Pieridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pieridae"):

pierid; pierid butterfly (any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs)

cabbage butterfly (white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage)

genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)

sulfur butterfly; sulphur butterfly (any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies)

Holonyms ("Pieridae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)