lepidopterology

n. 鳞翅类昆虫学

发音

US /ˌlɛ.pɪˌdɑp.tɚˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).

    不可数 生物 动物学
  2. 2.

    Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting).

    不可数

词汇关系

名词

词源

From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”), or, more recently, from translingual Lepidoptera + -ology.

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