noun
family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs
• Syn: ↑Lycaenidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera
• Member Meronyms: ↑lycaenid, ↑lycaenid butterfly, ↑Lycaena, ↑genus Lycaena, ↑Strymon, ↑genus Strymon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.