AMERICAN COPPER
Dictionary entry overview: What does American copper mean? • AMERICAN COPPER (noun)
The noun AMERICAN COPPER has 1 sense:
1. common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America
Familiarity information: AMERICAN COPPER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• AMERICAN COPPER (noun)
Meaning:
Common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American copper; Lycaena hypophlaeas
Hypernyms ("American copper" is a kind of...):
copper (any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings)
Holonyms ("American copper" is a member of...):
genus Lycaena; Lycaena (type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper)
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