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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MICROLEPIDOPTERA

Mi `cro *lep `i *dop "te *ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Micro-, and Lepidoptera. ] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.

New American Oxford Dictionary

microlepidoptera

mi cro lep i dop ter a |ˌmīkrōˌlepəˈdäptərə ˌmaɪkroʊˌlɛpəˈdɑptərə | ▶plural noun Entomology the numerous small moths. Compare with macrolepidoptera. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from micro- ‘small ’ + Lepidoptera .

Oxford Dictionary

microlepidoptera

microlepidoptera |ˌmʌɪkrə (ʊ )lɛpɪˈdɒpt (ə )rə | ▶plural noun Entomology the numerous small moths which are of interest only to the specialist collector. ORIGIN modern Latin (plural ), from micro- ‘small ’ + Lepidoptera .