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Papilio (gcide) | Papilio \Pa*pil"i*o\, peop. n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zool.)
A genus of butterflies.
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Note: Formerly it included numerous species which are now
placed in other genera. By many writers it is now
restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like
Papilio polyxenes, syn. Papilio asterias, and
related species.
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subfamily papilionoideae (encz) | subfamily Papilionoideae, n: |
Oncidium Papilio (gcide) | Oncidium \On*cid"i*um\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of tropical orchidaceous plants, the flower of one
species of which (Oncidium Papilio) resembles a butterfly.
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Papilio asterias (gcide) | Papilio \Pa*pil"i*o\, peop. n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zool.)
A genus of butterflies.
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Note: Formerly it included numerous species which are now
placed in other genera. By many writers it is now
restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like
Papilio polyxenes, syn. Papilio asterias, and
related species.
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Papilio glaucus (gcide) | Turnus \Tur"nus\, n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the
Rutuli, mentioned in the Aeneid.] (Zool.)
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly,
now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio glaucus syn.
Jasoniades glaucus. The wings are yellow, margined and
barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the
posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also {tiger
swallowtail}. See Illust. under Swallowtail.
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Papilio polyxenes (gcide) | Papilio \Pa*pil"i*o\, peop. n. [L., a butterfly.] (Zool.)
A genus of butterflies.
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Note: Formerly it included numerous species which are now
placed in other genera. By many writers it is now
restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like
Papilio polyxenes, syn. Papilio asterias, and
related species.
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Papilio troilus (gcide) | Troilus \Tro"i*lus\, n.; pl. L. Troili, E. Troiluses. [NL.,
fr. L. Troilus, Gr. ?, the son of Priam.] (Zool.)
A large, handsome American butterfly (Euph[oe]ades troilus,
or Papilio troilus). It is black, with yellow marginal
spots on the front wings, and blue spots on the rear wings;
-- also called troilus butterfly.
[1913 Webster]Troilus butterfly \Tro"i*lus butterfly\
A large American butterfly (Papilio troilus). It is black,
with yellow marginal spots on the front wings, and blue on
the rear; -- also called troilus.
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Papilionaceous (gcide) | Papilionaceous \Pa*pil`io*na"ceous\, a.
1. Resembling the butterfly.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a
butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.
(b) Belonging to that suborder of leguminous plants
(Papilionace[ae]) which includes the bean, pea, vetch,
clover, and locust.
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Papiliones (gcide) | Papiliones \Pa*pil`i*o"nes\, n. pl. [NL. See Papilio.] (Zool.)
The division of Lepidoptera which includes the butterflies.
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Papilionides (gcide) | Papilionides \Pa*pil`i*on"i*des\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
The typical butterflies.
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family papilionacea (wn) | family Papilionacea
n 1: leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped
corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae [syn:
Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea] |
oncidium papilio (wn) | Oncidium papilio
n 1: orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow
and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus
Oncidium [syn: Psychopsis papilio, Oncidium papilio] |
oncidium papilio kramerianum (wn) | Oncidium papilio kramerianum
n 1: orchid of South and Central America having flowers similar
to but smaller than Psychopsis papilio; sometimes placed in
genus Oncidium [syn: Psychopsis krameriana, {Oncidium
papilio kramerianum}] |
orchis papilionaceae (wn) | Orchis papilionaceae
n 1: Mediterranean orchid having usually purple flowers with a
fan-shaped spotted or striped rose-red lip [syn: {butterfly
orchid}, butterfly orchis, Orchis papilionaceae] |
papilionaceae (wn) | Papilionaceae
n 1: leguminous plants whose flowers have butterfly-shaped
corollas; commonly included in the family Leguminosae [syn:
Papilionaceae, family Papilionacea] |
papilionoideae (wn) | Papilionoideae
n 1: alternative name used in some classification systems for
the family Papilionaceae [syn: Papilionoideae, {subfamily
Papilionoideae}] |
psychopsis papilio (wn) | Psychopsis papilio
n 1: orchid of South America and Trinidad having large yellow
and reddish-brown flowers; sometimes placed in genus
Oncidium [syn: Psychopsis papilio, Oncidium papilio] |
subfamily papilionoideae (wn) | subfamily Papilionoideae
n 1: alternative name used in some classification systems for
the family Papilionaceae [syn: Papilionoideae, {subfamily
Papilionoideae}] |
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