lepidoptern.
/lɛpɪˈdɒptə/ Entomology.
One of the Lepidoptera.
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1828 in N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang.
1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. 420 (note) Lepidopters have large wings covered with minute scales; as the Butter~fly and Moth.
1881 A. Elwes tr. A. de S. Pinto How I crossed Afr. I. v. 120 This gigantic lepidopter, when young, feeds upon the grasses.
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