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Look up: Lepidoptera

  1. Lepidoptera
    [n] - moths and butterflies
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  2. Lepidoptera
    Order of insects that comprises butterflies and moths
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  3. Lepidoptera
    Lep`i·dop'te·ra (-dŏp'te*rȧ) noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek lepi`s - i`dos , a scale + ptero`n a feather, wing.] (Zoology) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored. » They have a tubular proboscis, or haustellum, formed ...
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  4. lepidoptera
    <zoology> An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly coloured. ... They have a tubular proboscis, or haustellum, formed by the two slender maxillae. The labial palpi are usually large, and the proboscis, when not in use, can be coiled up spirall ...
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  5. Lepidoptera
    order Lepidoptera noun moths and butterflies
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  6. Lepidoptera
    The order `Lepidoptera` is the one of the most speciose order in the class Insecta and includes the butterflies, moths and skippers. Members of the order are referred to as `lepidopterans`. A person who collects or studies this order is referred to as a lepidopterist. This order has more than 180,000 species in 128 families and 47 superfamilies. The name is derived from Ancient Greek λεÃ?€Î¯Î´Î¿Ã?‚ (scale) and Ã?€Ã?„εÃ?Â?Ã?Œν (wing). Estimates ...
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  7. Lepidoptera
    • (n. pl.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored.
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  8. Lepidoptera
    Lepidoptera 1. An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales, usually brightly colored. 2. An order of the class Insecta that includes the butterflies, moths, and skippers; characterized by scaly wings, sucking mouth parts, and complete metamorphosis.
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  9. Lepidoptera
    An order of insects composed of the moths and butterflies, characterized by wings covered with delicate scales. [G. lepis, scale, + pteron, wing]
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