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microlepidoptera

/ ˌmaɪkrəʊˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərə /

plural noun

  1. a collector's name for the smaller moths: a term without taxonomic significance Compare macrolepidoptera
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

The various leaf-mining and seed inhabiting species can be treated as in the case of the Microlepidoptera.

For collecting Microlepidoptera, in addition to the ordinary net, some special apparatus will be found very essential.

Further, he was a Fellow of the Royal Society, and had given special attention to the study of microlepidoptera.

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