Pierid
6 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Any butterfly of the family Pieridae, typically pale-coloured with all three pairs of legs fully developed and functional.
“A pale pierid settled briefly on the clover, its cream wings folding neatly as it probed for nectar.”
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Ends in -ID, starts with PIE, contains common letters R and D, entomological term
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Worth 10 points, -ID ending takes an S hook for PIERIDS, valid entomology term in major dictionaries
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