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Nymphalis

noun

type genus of the Nymphalidae: mourning cloak butterflies

• Syn: ↑genus Nymphalis

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nymphalidae, ↑family Nymphalidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑mourning cloak, ↑mourning cloak butterfly, ↑Camberwell beauty, ↑Nymphalis antiopa, ↑tortoiseshell, ↑tortoiseshell butterfly

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\\nimˈfalə̇s, -fāl-, -fäl-\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, nymphal, from nympha nymph + -alis -al — more at nymph

: a widely distributed genus of nymphalid butterflies

Useful english dictionary. 2012.