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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pi•er•id (pī er′id, pī′ər-),USA pronunciation adj. - Insectsbelonging or pertaining to the Pieridae, a family of butterflies comprising the whites, sulfurs, etc.
n. Also called pi•er•i•dine (pī er′i dīn′, -din).USA pronunciation any member of the butterfly family Pieridae.- Greek Pīerís, singular of Pīerídes a name for the Muses; see Pierides) + -idae -id2
- Neo-Latin Pieridae, apparently by haplology from *Pierididae, equivalent. to Pierid-, stem of Pieris a genus (
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