(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:10:33

Di*ur"na (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. diurnus belonging to the day.] Zool.

A division of Lepidoptera, including the butterflies; -- so called because they fly only in the daytime.

 

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