lepidopteron

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an insect of the order Lepidoptera, comprising butterflies, moths, and skippers

   The specimen was identified as a nocturnal lepidopteron by the scales covering its wings.

From New Latin Lepidoptera, built from Greek lepis, genitive lepidos ('scale'), + pteron ('wing'). The name refers to the minute overlapping scales that cover the wings of butterflies and moths. Lepidoptera is also the traditional plural of lepidopteron.

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