noun · uncountable

lepidopterology

лепідоптерологія

лепидоптерология

Lepidopterologie, Schmetterlingskunde

The scientific study of butterflies and mothsThe scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).

US/ˌlɛ.pɪˌdɑp.tɚˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable)The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).
Lepidopterologie, Schmetterlingskunde
лепидоптероло́гияlepidopterológija
лепідоптероло́гіяlepidopterolóhija
(uncountable)Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting).

More definitions

the branch of entomology dealing with Lepidoptera

Translations

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Origin

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía, “-lo

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”), or, more recently, from translingual Lepidoptera + -ology.

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