Polygonia

noun

comma butterflies

• Syn: ↑genus Polygonia

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nymphalidae, ↑family Nymphalidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑comma, ↑comma butterfly, ↑Polygonia comma

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\\ˌpälēˈgōnēə, -lə̇ˈg-\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from poly- + Greek gōnia angle

1. capitalized : a genus of anglewing butterflies including many American insects (as the comma butterfly) and having wings that are mostly tawny brown or orange above with dark spots and border and mottled on the underside with grays and browns imitative of bark or dead leaves

2. -s : a butterfly of the genus Polygonia