VANESSA

Vanessa, genus Vanessa

(noun) painted beauty and red admiral

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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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

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Van*es"sa, n. Etym: [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See Vanessa, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zoöl.)

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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