1 vanessa | Definition of vanessa

vanessa

noun
va·​nes·​sa | \ vəˈnesÉ™\

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

History and Etymology for vanessa

New Latin

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