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vanessa
noun
va·nes·sa
\vəˈnesə\
Definition of vanessa
1 capitalized : a cosmopolitan genus of nymphalid butterflies that includes several large brightly colored forms (as the red admiral and the painted lady)
2 plural -s : any butterfly of the genus Vanessa
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New Latin
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