FAMILY LYCAENIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

family Lycaenidae; Lycaenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)