Lycaenidae
plural noun
Ly·cae·ni·dae
-nəˌdē
: a family of small often brilliantly colored butterflies having the forelegs short in the male and including the blues, coppers, and hairstreaks
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Lycaena, type genus + -idae
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