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Webster 1913 Edition

Rhopalocera

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Rhopˊa-loc′e-ra

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Noun.

pl.

[NL., from Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] a club + [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] ahorn.]

(Zool.)

A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.