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noun insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales
originEtymology tree Translingual Lepidoptera Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English lepidopteran From Translingual Lepidoptera + English -an.
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