(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:59:47

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, ∨ 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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