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Microlepidoptera

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Miˊcro-lepˊi-dop′te-ra

,
Noun.
pl.
[NL. See
Micro-
, and
Lepidoptera
.]
(Zool.)
A tribe of
Lepidoptera
, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.