- eucleidae
- eu·cle·i·dae
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eucleidae
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eucleidae — yüˈklēəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Euclea, type genus (from Greek eukleia glory) + idae : a family of hairy robust yellow to brown moths often strikingly marked with color and including some with severely… … Useful english dictionary
eucleid — I. ˈyüklēə̇d adjective Etymology: New Latin Eucleidae : of or relating to the Eucleidae II. noun ( s) : a moth of the family Eucleidae … Useful english dictionary
cochlidiidae — I. ˌkōkləˈdīəˌdē, ˌkä Etymology: New Latin, from Cochlidium, type genus (from Greek kochlidion, diminutive of kochlos land snail) + idae more at cochlea synonym of eucleidae II. Etymology … Useful english dictionary
lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… … Universalium
slug — slug1 [slug] n. [ME slugge, slow, clumsy person or thing < Scand, as in Swed dial. slogga, to be sluggish < IE base * (s)leu , to hang loosely, lax > SLUDGE] 1. any of a large number of small, gastropod mollusks, esp. the ones resembling … English World dictionary
cup moth — noun : any of various chiefly tropical New World moths constituting the family Eucleidae see saddleback caterpillar … Useful english dictionary
limacodidae — ˌlīməˈkädəˌdē Etymology: New Latin, from Limacodes, included genus (from Latin limac , limax slug + New Latin odes) + idae synonym of eucleidae … Useful english dictionary
oriental moth — noun Usage: usually capitalized O : an Asiatic moth (Cnidocampa flavescens) of the family Eucleidae now established in eastern No. America and having a larva that feeds on fruit and some shade trees … Useful english dictionary
