microlepidoptera

pl. A division of the Lepidoptera with regard to size; it is of little or no scientific value. mi-crobe, s. [Fr., from Gr. mikros =small, and bios=life.] Biol.: A term proposed by Sédillot, in 1878, for any minute organism, vegetable or animal. Microbes, collectively, are equivalent to the Micro zymes (q. v.) of Béchamp. "We shall make use of the term microbe as the general designation of all the minute organized beings which are found on the borderland between animals and plants."E. L. Troue art: Microbes, Ferments , and Moulds , p. 6. mi-cro-brom-ite, s. [Pref. micro-, and Eng., ., bromite (q.v.).] Min.: A variety of embolite (q. v.), containing a small amount of bromide compared with the chloride of silver. [MEGABROMITE.] IMG:content-1182.png:[blocks in formation] mi-crō-chïr-op-ter-a, s . pl . [Pref. micro- , and Zool .: A name proposed by Dobson for a suborder of Bats. [INSECT I VOR A, (2).]