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Noun: viceroy  vIs-roy
  1. Governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign
    - vicereine
     
  2. Showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller
    - Limenitis archippus

Derived forms: viceroys

See also: viceregal, viceroyship

Type of: brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, governor, nymphalid, nymphalid butterfly

Part of: genus Limenitis, Limenitis

Encyclopedia: Viceroy Viceroy, South Carolina

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