noun
type genus of the Lycaenidae; small slender butterflies with upper surface of wings usually metallic blue or green or copper
• Syn: ↑Lycaena
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lycaenidae, ↑family Lycaenidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑blue, ↑copper, ↑American copper, ↑Lycaena hypophlaeas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.