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LYCAENID BUTTERFLY

Dictionary entry overview: What does lycaenid butterfly mean?

• LYCAENID BUTTERFLY (noun)
The noun LYCAENID BUTTERFLY has 1 sense:

1. any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

Familiarity information: LYCAENID BUTTERFLY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• LYCAENID BUTTERFLY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lycaenid; lycaenid butterfly

Hypernyms ("lycaenid butterfly" is a kind of...):

butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lycaenid butterfly"):

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

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

hairstreak; hairstreak butterfly (small butterflies having striped markings under the wings)

Holonyms ("lycaenid butterfly" is a member of...):

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

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