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Definition of Small white
1. Noun. Small widely distributed form.
Generic synonyms: Cabbage Butterfly
Group relationships: Genus Pieris, Pieris
Definition of Small white
1. Noun. A small, white butterfly ''Pieris rapae'', of the family Pieridae. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small White
Literary usage of Small white
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the West Indies by Leland Ossian Howard, Harrison Gray Dyar, Frederick Knab (1917)
"Palpi short, about one-fifth as long as the proboscis, slender; vestiture black,
a small white spot in the middle within, tip broadly white. ..."
2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"Petiole grayish red, sparsely and finely streaked ; blade a most beautiful green,
with a crimson spot at the middle, and with many small white spots between ..."
3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1905)
"In general the male differs little from the female ; palpi slender, longer than
the proboscis, brown, a small white spot at the base of ultimate, ..."
4. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science by Indiana Academy of Science (1922)
"The small white objects in the foreground are the shells. In the distance are
some low fore dunes just beyond which is Lake Michigan. ..."
5. Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, at the First Session by William Pitt Fessenden, Thaddeus Stevens, United States Congress (1866)
"That will be raised principally by small white planters on small places, from
five to twenty bales each. I think next year things will become more settled, ..."
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