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Meaning of DIURNA

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di*ur"na\, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the
day.] (Zo["o]l.)
A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so
called because they fly only in the daytime.
 
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