PIERIS RAPAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pieris rapae mean? 

• PIERIS RAPAE (noun)
  The noun PIERIS RAPAE has 2 senses:

1. toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly

2. small widely distributed form

  Familiarity information: PIERIS RAPAE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PIERIS RAPAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cabbageworm; Pieris rapae

Hypernyms ("Pieris rapae" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Holonyms ("Pieris rapae" is a member of...):

genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small widely distributed form

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Pieris rapae; small white

Hypernyms ("Pieris rapae" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Pieris rapae" is a member of...):

genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)