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Strymon

noun

large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies

• Syn: ↑genus Strymon

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycaenidae, ↑family Lycaenidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑hairstreak, ↑hairstreak butterfly, ↑Strymon melinus

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\\ˈstrīˌmän\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from Greek Strymōn Strymon, river in southwestern Bulgaria and northern Greece

: a large and widely distributed genus of hairstreak butterflies including a few (as S. melinus) with larvae that are destructive pests of various economic plants

Useful english dictionary. 2012.