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turnus

turnus noun: papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.

Noun

turnus (plural turnuses)

  1. Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
    • The Turnus is perhaps the most beautiful of our butterflies […]1917, Marie Conway Oemler, Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man

Forms of turnus

pluralturnuses

Questions about turnus

What does turnus mean?
Turnus means papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
What part of speech is turnus?
Turnus is a noun.
What is the plural of turnus?
The plural of turnus is turnuses.

Words near turnus in the dictionary

  1. turntippets
  2. Turnu Măgurele
  3. Turnu Ruieni
  4. turnup
  5. turnups
  6. turnus
  7. turnuses
  8. turnverein
  9. turnvereins
  10. turnwrest
  11. turnwrests

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