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Pyrgus

noun
Pyr·​gus | \ ˈpərgəs\

Definition of Pyrgus

: a widely distributed genus of skipper butterflies usually having the wings largely checkered

History and Etymology for Pyrgus

New Latin, from Late Latin, tower, from Greek pyrgos, perhaps of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German burg fortified place

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