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vanessid (iou)



vanessid adjective & noun. E20.
[from VANESSA + -ID3.]
Entomology. (Of, pertaining to, or designating) any of a group of brightly coloured butterflies including those now or formerly of the genus Vanessa, once placed in a family Vanessidae and now usu. regarded as nymphalids, including admirals, tortoiseshells, etc.