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macrolepidopteran

macrolepidopteran noun: any relatively large butterfly or moth.

Noun

macrolepidopteran (plural macrolepidopterans or macrolepidoptera)

  1. Any relatively large butterfly or moth

Forms of macrolepidopteran

pluralmacrolepidopterans
pluralmacrolepidoptera

Origin of macrolepidopteran

From macro- + lepidopteran.

Questions about macrolepidopteran

What does macrolepidopteran mean?
Macrolepidopteran means any relatively large butterfly or moth.
What part of speech is macrolepidopteran?
Macrolepidopteran is a noun.
What is the plural of macrolepidopteran?
The plural of macrolepidopteran is macrolepidopterans.

Words near macrolepidopteran in the dictionary

  1. macrolens
  2. macrolenses
  3. macrolensing
  4. Macroleon
  5. macrolepidoptera
  6. macrolepidopteran
  7. macrolepiotoid
  8. macroleukoblast
  9. macroleukoblasts
  10. macrolevel
  11. macrolevels

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