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lepidopteran

noun

insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales

• Syn: ↑lepidopterous insect, ↑lepidopteron

• Hypernyms: ↑insect

• Hyponyms: ↑butterfly, ↑moth

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera

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noun or adjective

see lepidoptera

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/lep'i dop"teuhr euhn/, adj.

1. lepidopterous.

n.

2. a lepidopterous insect.

[1850-55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + -AN]

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lepidopˈteran noun and adjective

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Main Entry: ↑lepid-

Useful english dictionary. 2012.