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Noun: pierid butterfly
  1. Any of numerous pale-coloured butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs
    "The cabbage white is a common pierid butterfly";
    - pierid

Derived forms: pierid butterflies

Type of: butterfly

Part of: family Pieridae, Pieridae

Encyclopedia: Pierid butterfly