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lepidopteron

[ lep-i-dop-ter-uhn ]

noun

, plural lep·i·dop·ter·a [lep-i-, dop, -ter-, uh].
  1. any lepidopterous insect.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of lepidopteron1

< New Latin, equivalent to lepido- lepido- + Greek -pteron, neuter of -pteros -pterous
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Example Sentences

In reference to the classificatory value that should be attached to an aberrant type like this, I have already expressed my opinion in a paper on Megathymus, a Lepidopteron that connects in many ways the two great divisions of butterflies and moths, published in the Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. 10358 Louis, volume iii.,

Lateral view of a denuded Lepidopteron to show arrangement of sclerites.

Head of a Lepidopteron from front.

Lepidopteron: a butterfly or moth: one of the Lepidoptera.

This little moth has a sickle-shaped appendage to its mouth-parts which occurs hi no other Lepidopteron, and which is used for pushing the yellow pollen into the opening of the pistil, thus fertilising the flower.

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