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LYCAENA

• LYCAENA (noun)
The noun LYCAENA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper

Familiarity information: LYCAENA used as a noun is very rare.

• LYCAENA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Lycaena; Lycaena

Hypernyms ("Lycaena" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lycaena"):

blue (any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)

copper (any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings)

American copper; Lycaena hypophlaeas (common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America)

Holonyms ("Lycaena" is a member of...):

family Lycaenidae; Lycaenidae (family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs)

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