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Definition: Vanessa Progne
Progne
\Prog"ne\, n. [L., a swallow, traditionally said to be
fr. Progne (The sister of Philomela), who was changed into a
swallow, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A swallow.
(b) A genus of swallows including the purple martin. See
Martin.
(c) An American butterfly (
Polygonia Progne or
Vanessa Progne
). It is orange and black above, grayish beneath,
with an L-shaped silver mark on the hind wings. Called
also
gray comma.
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