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Argynnis
noun
fritillaries
Syn: ↑genus Argynnis
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Nymphalidae, ↑family Nymphalidae

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\\ärˈjinə̇s\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek Argynnis, epithet of Aphrodite as worshiped in the Boeotian town Argynnos
: a genus of nymphalid butterflies mostly fulvous above with small black spots or markings and with silvery spots on the underside of the hind wings — see fritillary

Useful english dictionary. 2012.