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-\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a widely distributed genus of nymphalid butterflies
Useful english dictionary. 2012.