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lycaena

lycaena noun: any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.

Noun

lycaena (plural lycaenas)

  1. (especially) Any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.

Forms of lycaena

plurallycaenas

Origin of lycaena

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

Questions about lycaena

What does lycaena mean?
Lycaena means any butterfly of the genus Lycaena.
What part of speech is lycaena?
Lycaena is a noun.
What is the plural of lycaena?
The plural of lycaena is lycaenas.

Words near lycaena in the dictionary

  1. LYBUNT
  2. LYBUNTs
  3. Lyc
  4. lyc-
  5. lycaconitine
  6. lycaena
  7. lycaenid
  8. lycaenids
  9. lycan
  10. lycans
  11. lycanthrope

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