| NOUN | animal | lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, 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 | lepidopteron, 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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