lepidopteryn.
/lɛpɪˈdɒptəri/ = lepidopterology n.
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hymenopterology1855
neuropterology1858
orthopterology1890
lepidopterology1899
coccidology1904
odonatology1917
acridology1948
lepidoptery1959
1959 Times 31 Jan. 10/4 He is becoming something of a specialist in lepidoptery.
1972 Times Lit. Suppl. 25 Aug. 984/3 Even the lepidoptery brings lovely evanescence and hard, abstract taxonomy together.
1982 B. Trapido Brother of More Famous Jack xvii. 62 I wore the butterfly pinned to my book-bag which caused Jacob..to remark innocently that the young these days seemed curiously disposed to lepidoptery.
1991 New Scientist 21 Dec. 72/4 I needed to know more of the major figures of lepidoptery and ornithology.
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