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pi⋅er⋅id

  [pahy-er-id, pahy-er-]
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–adjective
1. belonging or pertaining to the Pieridae, a family of butterflies comprising the whites, sulfurs, etc.
–noun
2. Also called pi⋅er⋅i⋅dine  [pahy-er-i-dahyn, -din] . any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.
Origin:
1880–85; < NL Pieridae, appar. by haplology from *Pierididae, equiv. to Pierid-, s. of Pieris a genus (< Gk Pīerís, sing. of Pīerídes a name for the Muses; see Pierides ) + -idae -id 2
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pierid

noun
any of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs 
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