LYCAENIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lycaenidae mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYCAENIDAE (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lycaenidae; Lycaenidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Lycaenidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)