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| nym·pha·lid [ nim fállid ] |
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of tortoiseshell family of butterflies: belonging to a family of butterflies that has brightly colored wings and includes the tortoiseshell butterfly and the red admiral. Family Nymphalidae.
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| [Late 19th century. Via modern Latin Nymphalidae< Latin nympha (see nympha)] |
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