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Vanessa

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Van`es´sa    (văn`ĕs´så)
n.1.(Zool.) 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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Noun1.VanessaVanessa - painted beauty and red admiral      
genus Vanessa
arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods
family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterflies
painted beauty, Vanessa virginiensis - American butterfly having dark brown wings with white and golden orange spots
red admiral, Vanessa atalanta - of temperate Europe and Asia; having black wings with red and white markings


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The great bands of the Colias seem at first to afford an instance like those on record of the migrations of another butterfly, Vanessa cardui; [5] but the presence of other insects makes the case distinct, and even less intelligible.
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