american copper

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   common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America

   SynonymsLycaena hypophlaeas

   Broadercopper

   Part ofLycaena

Questions about american copper

What does american copper mean?

american copper means "common copper butterfly of central and eastern North America".

What is another word for american copper?

Close synonyms include Lycaena hypophlaeas. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american copper a common word?

american copper is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.