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Definition of large blue in English: large bluenoun (More fully "large blue butterfly") a Eurasian lycaenid butterfly, Maculinea arion, having blue wings marked with black spots, whose larvae first feed on wild thyme or marjoram and then enter the nests of red ants of the genus Myrmica (especially M. sabuleti) to prey on the ant larvae.
Origin Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Lewin (1747–1795), naturalist and artist. Definition of large blue in US English: large bluenoun (More fully "large blue butterfly") a Eurasian lycaenid butterfly, Maculinea arion, having blue wings marked with black spots, whose larvae first feed on wild thyme or marjoram and then enter the nests of red ants of the genus Myrmica (especially M. sabuleti) to prey on the ant larvae.
Origin Late 18th century; earliest use found in William Lewin (1747–1795), naturalist and artist. |