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Webster 1913 Edition

Papilio

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Pa-pil′i-o

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p
eop.
Noun.
[L., a butterfly.]
(Zool.)
A genus of butterflies.
☞ Formerly it included numerous species which are now placed in other genera. By many writers it is now restricted to the swallow-tailed butterflies, like
Papilio polyxenes
, syn.
Papilio asterias
, and related species.

Webster 1828 Edition

Papilio

PAPIL'IO

,
Noun.
[L.] A butterfly. In zoology a genus of insects of numerous species. These insects are produced from the caterpillar. The chrysalis is the tomb of the caterpillar and the cradle of the butterfly.

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