lepidopter

English

Noun

lepidopter (plural lepidopters)

1. lepidopteran; one of the Lepidoptera.

Usage notes

• lepidopter was the more common term in the 19th century, but lepidopteran is by far the more common term nowadays

References

• “lepidopter”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dopplerite

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French lépidoptère.

Noun

lepidopter n (plural lepidoptere)

1. Lepidoptera

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	lepidopter	lepidopterul		lepidoptere	lepidopterele
genitive-dative	lepidopter	lepidopterului		lepidoptere	lepidopterelor
vocative	lepidopterule			lepidopterelor