lepidopteron

[lep-i-dop-ter-uhn]

noun

plural

lepidoptera 

1. any lepidopterous insect.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lepidopteron¹

< New Latin, equivalent to lepido- lepido- + Greek -pteron, neuter of -pteros -pterous

Example Sentences

In reference to the classificatory value that should be attached to an aberrant type like this, I have already expressed my opinion in a paper on Megathymus, a Lepidopteron that connects in many ways the two great divisions of butterflies and moths, published in the Transactions of the Academy of Sciences of St. 10358 Louis, volume iii.,

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Lateral view of a denuded Lepidopteron to show arrangement of sclerites.

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Head of a Lepidopteron from front.

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Lepidopteron: a butterfly or moth: one of the Lepidoptera.

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This little moth has a sickle-shaped appendage to its mouth-parts which occurs hi no other Lepidopteron, and which is used for pushing the yellow pollen into the opening of the pistil, thus fertilising the flower.

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