NOUN | animal | Pieris rapae, cabbageworm | toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly |
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animal | Pieris rapae, small white | small widely distributed form |
Meaning | toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly. | |
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Synonym | cabbageworm | |
Member of | Pieris, genus Pieris | type genus of the Pieridae |
Broader | caterpillar | A wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth |
Meaning | small widely distributed form. | |
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Synonym | small white | |
Member of | Pieris, genus Pieris | type genus of the Pieridae |
Broader | cabbage butterfly | white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
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