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lepidoptery

lepidoptery noun: the hobby of butterfly collecting.

Noun

lepidoptery (uncountable)

  1. The hobby of butterfly collecting.
  2. lepidopterology

Words formed from lepidoptery

Questions about lepidoptery

What does lepidoptery mean?
Lepidoptery means the hobby of butterfly collecting.
What part of speech is lepidoptery?
Lepidoptery is a noun.

Words near lepidoptery in the dictionary

  1. lepidopterons
  2. lepidopterophagous
  3. lepidopterophobia
  4. lepidopterous
  5. lepidopters
  6. lepidoptery
  7. lepidosaur
  8. lepidosaurian
  9. lepidosaurians
  10. lepidosaurid
  11. lepidosaurids

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