| NOUN | animal | Pieridae, family Pieridae | arthropod family including cabbage butterflies |
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| Meaning | arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies. | |
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| Synonym | family Pieridae | |
| Member of | Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera | moths and butterflies |
| Members | Pieris, genus Pieris | type genus of the Pieridae |
| cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage | |
| pierid, pierid butterfly | Any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs | |
| sulphur butterfly, sulfur butterfly | Any of numerous yellow or orange butterflies | |
| Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
| Spanish | familia Pieridae, Pieridae, pieridos | |
| Catalan | Pieridae, pièrids | |
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