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GENUS APATURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Apatura mean? 

GENUS APATURA (noun)
  The noun GENUS APATURA has 1 sense:

1. large Old World butterfliesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS APATURA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS APATURA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large Old World butterflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apatura; genus Apatura

Hypernyms ("genus Apatura" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Apatura"):

emperor; emperor butterfly (large richly colored butterfly)

Holonyms ("genus Apatura" is a member of...):

family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)


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