Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TORTRIX
Tor "trix, n. Etym: [NL. , fr. L. torquere, tortum, to twist. ]
1. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidæ, the larvæ of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalæ ) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
New American Oxford Dictionary
tortrix
tor trix |ˈtôrtriks ˈtɔrtrɪks |(also tortrix moth ) ▶noun ( pl. tortrices |-trisēz | ) a small moth with typically green caterpillars that live inside rolled leaves and can be a serious pest of fruit and other trees. [Family Tortricidae: many species. ] DERIVATIVES tor tri cid |-trisid |noun & adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: modern Latin, feminine of Latin tortor ‘twister, ’ from torquere ‘to twist. ’
Oxford Dictionary
tortrix
tortrix |ˈtɔːtrɪks |(also tortrix moth ) ▶noun ( pl. tortrices |-trɪsiːz | ) a small moth with typically green caterpillars that live inside rolled leaves and can be a serious pest of fruit and other trees. ●Family Tortricidae: many species, including Pammene rhediella, whose larvae damage apple and plum trees. DERIVATIVES tortricid noun & adjective ORIGIN late 18th cent.: modern Latin, feminine of Latin tortor ‘twister ’, from torquere ‘to twist ’.
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