HyperDic: lepidopterous_insect

English > 1 sense of the expression lepidopterous insect:
NOUNanimallepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteraninsect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
English > lepidopterous insect: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninginsect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales.
Synonymslepidopteron, lepidopteran
Member ofLepidoptera, order Lepidopteramoths and butterflies
Narrowerbutterflydiurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings
mothtypically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
Broaderinsectsmall air-breathing arthropod
Spanishlepidóptero, lepidópteros
Catalanlepidòpter

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