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dioptine

dioptine noun: any moth of the subfamily Dioptinae.

Noun

dioptine (plural dioptines)

  1. Any moth of the subfamily Dioptinae

Forms of dioptine

pluraldioptines

Origin of dioptine

Clipping of taxonomic name Dioptinae.

Questions about dioptine

What does dioptine mean?
Dioptine means any moth of the subfamily Dioptinae.
What part of speech is dioptine?
Dioptine is a noun.
What is the plural of dioptine?
The plural of dioptine is dioptines.

Words near dioptine in the dictionary

  1. diopteric aberration
  2. diopteric aberrations
  3. diopters
  4. dioptid
  5. dioptids
  6. dioptine
  7. dioptines
  8. dioptometer
  9. dioptometers
  10. dioptra
  11. dioptral

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