单词 | lepidopteran |
释义 | lepidopteran (once / 262652 pages) n WORD FAMILY lepidopteran: lepidoptera USAGE EXAMPLESVladimir Nabokov began collecting lepidoptera at the age of seven. The New Yorker(Mar 23, 2016) When it comes to lepidoptera, my garden is empty, too. Washington Post(Aug 07, 2014) I'm a bit of a sucker for lepidoptera, to be honest – love that oleander hawk moth. The Guardian(Jul 27, 2013) n insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales Syn|Hypo|Hyper lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect butterfly diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings mothtypically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae brush-footed butterfly, four-footed butterfly, nymphalid, nymphalid butterflymedium to large butterflies found worldwide typically having brightly colored wings and much-reduced nonfunctional forelegs carried folded on the breast ringlet, ringlet butterflyany of various butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae danaid, danaid butterflylarge tropical butterfly with degenerate forelegs and an unpleasant taste pierid, pierid butterflyany of numerous pale-colored butterflies having three pairs of well-developed legs sulfur butterfly, sulphur butterflyany of numerous yellow or orange butterflies lycaenid, lycaenid butterflyany of various butterflies of the family Lycaenidae miller, moth millerany of various moths that have powdery wings tortricid, tortricid mothany of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls lymantriid, tussock mothdull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees geometrid, geometrid mothslender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms pyralid, pyralid mothusually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests tineoid, tineoid mothsmall dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts gelechiid, gelechiid mothsmall slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet mothusually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx mothany of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm mothmoderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk saturniid, saturniid mothlarge brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons arctiid, arctiid mothstout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars lasiocampid, lasiocampid mothmedium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae Malacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar mothmoth whose larvae are tent caterpillars insect small air-breathing arthropod |
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