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Vanessa

Vanessa Meaning & Definition
Vanessa Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Vanessa?

[n] painted beauty and red admiral

Synonyms | Synonyms for Vanessa: genus Vanessa

Related Terms | Find terms related to Vanessa:

See Also | arthropod genus | family Nymphalidae | Nymphalidae | painted beauty | red admiral | Vanessa atalanta | Vanessa virginiensis

Vanessa In Webster's Dictionary

\Van*es"sa\, n. [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See {Vanessa}, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to {Vanessa} and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.

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