English Explanatory Dictionary

lycaena

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.

Word forms

lycaena lycaenas

Etymology

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

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