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单词 tortricid
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tor•tri•cid  (tôrtrə sid),USA pronunciation n. 
    Also called tor•trix(tôrtriks)USA pronunciation. any of numerous moths of the family Tortricidae, comprising the leaf rollers, having broad, squarish, slightly fringed wings.

adj. 
  1. belonging or pertaining to the family Tortricidae.
  • Neo-Latin Tortricidae (1829), equivalent. to Tortric-, stem of Tortrix a genus (Latin tor(quēre) to twist, wind, wrap + -trīx -trix) + -idae -id2

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tortricid /ˈtɔːtrɪsɪd/ n
  1. any small moth of the chiefly temperate family Tortricidae, the larvae of which live concealed in leaves, which they roll or tie together, and are pests of fruit and forest trees: includes the codling moth
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin Tortrīcidae, from tortrix, feminine of tortor, literally: twister, referring to the leaf-rolling of the larvae, from torquēre to twist
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