- lepidoptera
- noun plural Date: circa 1773 insects that are lepidopterans
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lepidoptera
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lepidopteră — LEPIDOPTÉRĂ s.f. v. lepidopter. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98 LEPIDOPTÉRĂ s.f. v. lepidoptere. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN … Dicționar Român
Lepidoptera — Lep i*dop te*ra ( d[o^]p t[ e]*r[.a]), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. lepi s i dos, a scale + ptero n a feather, wing.] (Zo[ o]l.) An order of insects, which includes the butterflies and moths. They have broad wings, covered with minute overlapping scales … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lepidoptĕra — (gr.), so v.w. Schmetterlinge … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Lepidoptera — Lepidoptĕra, s. Schmetterlinge … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Lepidoptera — Lepidoptera, griech., Schmetterlinge … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Lepidoptera — Lepidoptera, Schmetterlinge, Falter, ca. 110000 Arten umfassende Ordnung der Insekten, Unterklasse ⇒ Pterygota. Körperlänge 1–60 mm, Flügelspannweite 3–30 mm; Flügel meist beschuppt; von den ⇒ Mundwerkzeugen gebildeter Saugrüssel. Die Entwicklung … Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie
Lepidoptera — 1773, insects with four scaly wings, the biological classification that includes butterflies and moths, coined 1735 in Modern Latin by Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus (Karl von Linné, 1707 1778) from Gk. lepido , comb. form of lepis (gen.… … Etymology dictionary
Lepidoptera — ► PLURAL NOUN ▪ an order of insects comprising the butterflies and moths. DERIVATIVES lepidopteran adjective & noun lepidopterist noun lepidopterous adjective. ORIGIN from Greek lepis scale + pteron wing … English terms dictionary
Lepidoptera — Taxobox name = Butterflies / skippers, moths fossil range=Jurassic Recent image width = 250px image caption = The Clipper Parthenos sylvia regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera… … Wikipedia
Lepidoptera — Mariposas y polillas Mariposas y p … Wikipedia Español
Lepidoptera — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Papillon (homonymie). Cet article possède un paronyme, voir : Papillion … Wikipédia en Français
