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FAMILY LYCAENIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Lycaenidae mean? 

FAMILY LYCAENIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY LYCAENIDAE has 1 sense:

1. family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegsplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY LYCAENIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY LYCAENIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lycaenidae; Lycaenidae

Hypernyms ("family Lycaenidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Lycaenidae"):

lycaenid; lycaenid butterfly (any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae)

genus Lycaena; Lycaena (type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper)

genus Strymon; Strymon (large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies)

Holonyms ("family Lycaenidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)


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