Definition of Hesperid

1. a. & n. Same as 3d Hesperian.

Definition of Hesperid

1. a type of butterfly [n -S]

Medical Definition of Hesperid

1. Same as 3d Hesperian. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hesperid

hesitation
hesitation wound
hesitation wounds
hesitations
hesitative
hesitatively
hesitativeness
hesitator
hesitators
hesitatory
hesp
hesped
hesperadin
hesperetin
hesperian
hesperid (current term)
hesperidene
hesperides
hesperidia
hesperidin
hesperidins
hesperidium
hesperids
hesperium
hesperomyinae
hesperornis
hesping
hesps
hess's law
hessian

Literary usage of Hesperid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Spolia Zeylanica by National Museums of Sri Lanka, National Museums of Ceylon (1908)
"Accordingly, when I one day saw in sparse jungle an insect which looked like a hesperid other than the above two species, I devoted my attention to ..."

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