Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1. 
 family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; 
 males have short forelegs; 
[syn: Lycaenidae, family Lycaenidae]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lycaenidae \Lycaenidae\ n.
   A natural family of small usually brilliantly colored
   butterflies; males have short forelegs.
   Syn: family Lycaenidae.
        [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Lycaenidae
    n 1: family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies;
         males have short forelegs [syn: Lycaenidae, family
         Lycaenidae]