pierid
/pahy-er-id, pahy-er-/US // paɪˈɛr ɪd, ˈpaɪ ər- //
墩子,码头,桥墩,墩柱
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : belonging or pertaining to the Pieridae, a family of butterflies comprising the whites, sulfurs, etc.
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : Also called pi·er·i·dine [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din]. /paɪˈɛr ɪˌdaɪn, -dɪn/. any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
Examples
The family of Pierid, or whites, again afford us admirable examples of the development of spots.
This group differs somewhat in composition from the preceding in that it contains no Pierid and no Danaid.
Their natural situation will be among the Pierid, with whose general habit they accord.
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