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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhopalocera
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Rhopˊa-loc′e-ra
,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.
Definition 2024
Rhopalocera
Rhopalocera
Translingual
Proper noun
Rhopalocera
- A taxonomic suborder within the order Lepidoptera – very many butterflies.