NOUN | animal | lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect, lepidopteran | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales |
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Meaning | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales. | |
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Synonyms | lepidopterous insect, lepidopteran | |
Member of | Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera | moths and butterflies |
Narrower | butterfly | diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings |
moth | typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | |
Broader | insect | small air-breathing arthropod |
Spanish | lepidóptero, lepidópteros | |
Catalan | lepidòpter |
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