pterophore

English

Etymology

ptero- +‎ -phore

Noun

pterophore (plural pterophores)

(zoology) Any moth of Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth.

Hyponyms

pterophorid

References

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

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