About The Word Vanessa
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Vanessa
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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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