LYCAENIDAE


Meaning of LYCAENIDAE in English

-nəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Lycaena, type genus + -idae

: a family of small often brilliantly colored butterflies having the forelegs short in the male and including the blues, coppers, and hairstreaks

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.