lycaena

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English

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Etymology

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A learned borrowing from translingual Lycaena, from Ancient Greek λῠ́καινᾰ f (lúkaina, “she-wolf”).

Noun

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lycaena (plural lycaenas)

  1. (lepidoptery, especially taxonomy) Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.
    Hypernym: lycaenid
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