LEPIDOPTERA
An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 26
(Lat.), n. n. pi. Le>p-i!d-o2pt'e! r-a>. From Acjrif, a scale, and irrtp6v, a wing. Fr., lepid opt eres. Ger., Schuppenfliigler. An order of the Insect a comprising butterflies and moths, characterized by having four wings (usually covered with minute scales) and a spiral proboscis or sucking-tube. [B, 28 (a, 27).] LEPIDOPTERAL, LEPIDOPTEROUS, adj's. Le5p-idospt'ear-aal, -u . Pertaining to the Lepidoptera. [s. 606]
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