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scarce copper

n. a butterfly of the copper or gossamer-winged butterfly family, ''Lycaena virgaureae''

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Scarce copper

The scarce copper (Lycaena virgaureae) is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae (copper or gossamer-winged butterflies).

Usage examples of "scarce copper".

The scarce copper came from a vacant lot near the Tottenham Court Road tube station very late one night, where the wreckage of a chain-link fence stood in for her bedposts.