ypsolophid

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/ɪpsəˈləʊfɪd/

noun

Any moth of the family Ypsolophidae.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounypsolophid (plural ypsolophids)

plural ypsolophids

  1. biologyAny moth of the family Ypsolophidae.

    Large pleural lobes enclose the male genitalia in ypsolophids but are small and narrow in plutellids.

    2003, Vincent H. Resh, Encyclopedia of Insects, page 648
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