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VANESSA
Vanessa, genus Vanessa
(noun) painted beauty and red admiral
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
vanessa (plural vanessas)
(zoology) Any butterfly of the genus Vanessa.
Anagrams
• Vanasse
Etymology
Proper noun
Vanessa
A female given name from coinages.
Anagrams
• Vanasse
Source: Wiktionary
Van*es"sa, n. Etym: [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See Vanessa, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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