Etymology

tortrix

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Today it means: A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae Full definition →

translingual Tortrix
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  1. translingual · borrowed fromTortrix“genus name”
  2. English todaytortrix

From translingual Tortrix (“genus name”), being the namesake of the family Tortricidae.

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