English Explanatory Dictionary

patrician blue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Lepidochrysops patricia, a species of blue-winged butterfly in the family Lycaenidae found in South Africa.

Word forms

patrician blue patrician blues

Etymology

From translingual (Lepidochrysops) patricia (the species' taxonomic name) + -an + blue (butterfly of family "Lycaenidae").

Related words

Arabian giant Cupid Badham's blue Ball's blue Barnes' blue southern blue star blue brilliant blue Wineland blue
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