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pierid
(ˈpaɪərɪd)n
(Animals) any pieridine butterfly
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| Noun | 1. | pierid - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legsbutterfly - diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings family Pieridae, Pieridae - arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies cabbage butterfly - white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage |
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pierid - any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs