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GENUS LYCAENA

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copperplay

Synonyms:

genus Lycaena; Lycaena

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Lycaena" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Lycaena"):

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

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

American copper; Lycaena hypophlaeas (common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America)

Holonyms ("genus Lycaena" is a member of...):

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

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