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turnus
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turnus, n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the Rutuli, mentioned in the Æneid.].
A common, large, handsome, American swallowtail butterfly, now regarded as one of the forms of Papilio glaucus syn. Jasoniades glaucus . The wings are yellow, margined and barred with black, and with an orange-red spot near the posterior angle of the hind wings. Called also tiger swallowtail . See Illust. under Swallowtail. [1913 Webster]
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