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tortricine

tortricine noun: any moth of the subfamily Tortricinae.

Noun

tortricine (plural tortricines)

  1. Any moth of the subfamily Tortricinae

Forms of tortricine

pluraltortricines

Origin of tortricine

Borrowed from translingual Tortricinae.

Questions about tortricine

What does tortricine mean?
Tortricine means any moth of the subfamily Tortricinae.
What part of speech is tortricine?
Tortricine is a noun.
What is the plural of tortricine?
The plural of tortricine is tortricines.

Words near tortricine in the dictionary

  1. Tortos
  2. Tortosa
  3. tortrices
  4. tortricid
  5. tortricids
  6. tortricine
  7. tortricines
  8. tortrix
  9. tortrixes
  10. torts
  11. Tortuga

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