单词 | pierid |
释义 | pierid /puy er"id, puy"euhr-/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the Pieridae, a family of butterflies comprising the whites, sulfurs, etc. n. 2. Also called pieridine /puy er"i duyn', -din/. any member of the butterfly family Pieridae. [1880-85; < NL Pieridae, appar. by haplology from *Pierididae, equiv. to Pierid-, s. of Pieris a genus ( < Gk Pierís, sing. of Pierídes a name for the Muses; see PIERIDES) + -idae -ID2] |
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