Turnus

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Turnus \Tur"nus\, n. [NL., fr. L. Turnus, the king of the
     Rutuli, mentioned in the Aeneid.] (Zool.)
     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}.
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