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large white
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large white
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) Also called cabbage white a large white butterfly, Pieris brassicae, with scanty black markings, the larvae of which feed on brassica leaves
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (often capitals) a white large-bodied breed of pig commonly kept for pork, bacon, and for fattening
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Noun1.large white - Old World form of cabbage butterfly
cabbage butterfly - white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
genus Pieris, Pieris - type genus of the Pieridae


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