noun
fritillaries
• Syn: ↑genus Argynnis
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Nymphalidae, ↑family Nymphalidae
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\\ärˈjinə̇s\ nounUsage: 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.