lepidopterology

noun
/ˌlɛ.pɪˌdɑp.tɚˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/US

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”), or, more recently, from translingual Lepidoptera + -ology.

Definitions

  1. The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).

  2. Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for lepidopterology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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