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LEPIDOPTERAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: lepidoptera   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales

Synonyms:

lepidopteran; lepidopteron; lepidopterous insect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("lepidopteran" is a kind of...):

insect (small air-breathing arthropod)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lepidopteran"):

butterfly (diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings)

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Holonyms ("lepidopteran" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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