Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vanessa"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Vanessa \Van*es"sa\, n. [Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus
and Vanessa. See {Vanessa}, in the Dictionary of Noted Names
in Fiction.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Vanessa
n : painted beauty and red admiral [syn: {Vanessa}, {genus
Vanessa}]
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