Definitions of pierid
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any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
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synonyms:
pierid butterfly
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cabbage butterfly
white butterfly whose larvae (cabbageworms) feed on cabbage
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Pieris rapae, small white
small widely distributed form
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Pieris brassicae, large white
Old World form of cabbage butterfly
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Pieris protodice, southern cabbage butterfly
common North American form of cabbage butterfly
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type of:
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butterfly
diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
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