noun
leaf rollers and codling moths
• Syn: ↑family Tortricidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera
• Member Meronyms:
↑tortricid, ↑tortricid moth, ↑genus Tortrix, ↑Homona, ↑genus Homona, ↑Argyrotaenia, ↑genus Argyrotaenia, ↑Carpocapsa, ↑genus Carpocapsa
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\\tȯ(r).ˈtrisəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin Tortric-, Tortrix, type genus + -idae
: a family of small moths usually having a stout body, oblong lightly fringed wings, threadlike antennae, and a tuft of scales at the end of the abdomen, many of the larvae being leaf rollers and others living in various fruits and galls
Useful english dictionary. 2012.