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Look up: Vanessa

  1. Vanessa
    Vanessa is a genus of butterflies belonging to the family Nymphalidae, and including some handsome and conspicuous species. The club of the antennae is short and bold, and the eyes are extremely hairy.
    Found on http://fas.org/news/reference/probert/B9

  2. Vanessa
    [n] - painted beauty and red admiral
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Vanessa
    Van·es"sa noun [ Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa . See Vanessa , in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction.] (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/5

  4. vanessa
    <zoology> Any one of numerous species of handsomely coloured butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped. ... Origin: Probably from Swift's poem of Cadenus and Vanessa. See Vanessa, in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 …
    Found on http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/omd?v

  5. Vanessa
    genus Vanessa noun painted beauty and red admiral
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  6. Vanessa
    • (n.) Any one of numerous species of handsomely colored butterflies belonging to Vanessa and allied genera. Many of these species have the edges of the wings irregularly scalloped.
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. Vanessa
    (from the article `Barber, Samuel`) ...three vocal works with orchestra, Knoxville: Summer of 1915 (1948), Prayers of Kierkegaard (1954), and Andromache`s Farewell (1962); and Medea ...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/v/7

  8. Vanessa
    Vanessa is a Greek girl name. The meaning of the name is `a butterfly ` Where is it used? The name Vanessa is mainly used In English.It is an abbreviated form of Nessa, used In English. Vanessa appears In 2007`s top-1000 name list at rank 71. The name reached the top-100 19 times. 1998 was a `top year` for the name Vanessa. (Based on 1
    Found on http://i-am-pregnant.com/names/girls/Van

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22 November 2008

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