lycaenidae (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Lycaenidae*:
NOUN	animal	Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae	family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies

English > *Lycaenidae*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs.
Synonym	family Lycaenidae
Member of	Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera	moths and butterflies
Members	Lycaena, genus Lycaena	type genus of the Lycaenidae
	Strymon, genus Strymon	large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies
	lycaenid, lycaenid butterfly	Any of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
Broader	arthropod family	Any of the arthropods
Spanish	licénidos
Catalan	Licènid, licènids

HyperDic: lycaenidae