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Webster 1913 Edition


Nymphales

Nym-pha′les

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rop.
Noun.
pl.
[NL.]
(Zool.)
Same as
Nymphalidae
, an extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; – called also
brush-footed butterflies
.