HyperDic: family_pieridae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Pieridae:
NOUNanimalfamily Pieridae, Pieridaearthropod family including cabbage butterflies
English > family Pieridae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningarthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies.
SynonymPieridae
Member ofLepidoptera, order Lepidopteramoths and butterflies
MembersPieris, genus Pieristype genus of the Pieridae
cabbage butterflywhite butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
pierid, pierid butterflyAny of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
sulphur butterfly, sulfur butterflyAny of numerous yellow or orange butterflies
Broaderarthropod familyAny of the arthropods
Spanishfamilia Pieridae, Pieridae, pieridos
CatalanPieridae, pièrids

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