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Riodinidae
plural noun
Ri·o·din·i·dae
\ˌrīəˈdinəˌdē\
Definition of Riodinidae
: a family of small or medium-sized often brightly colored butterflies having metallic spots on the wings and the first pair of legs reduced in the males and occurring mostly in the New World tropics
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Origin and Etymology of riodinidae
New Latin, from Riodina, type genus + -idae
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