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
The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).
Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting).
The neighborhood
- neighborlepido-
- neighborlepidoptera
- neighborlepidopteral
- neighborlepidopteran
- neighborlepidopterist
- neighborlepidopteron
- neighborlepidopterous
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for lepidopterology. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA