Meanings
nounturnus (plural turnuses)
plural turnuses
- Papilio glaucus, the eastern tiger swallowtail, a butterfly of eastern North America.
The Turnus is perhaps the most beautiful of our butterflies […]
1917, Marie Conway Oemler, Slippy McGee: Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
turnus. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turnus
MLA
“turnus.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turnus. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turnus,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turnus.
Source: turnus on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.