pterophorid

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pterophorid

/ˌteɹ.əˈfoɹ.ɪd/ US

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Borrowed from translingual Pterophoridae, from the type genus of Pterophorus, from the root words of Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “feather, wing”) + Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros, “-bearing”).

noun pterophorids

Any moth of the family Pterophoridae. No kinematic adaptations particular to the extraordinary wing structure of pterophorids are evident, and adjacent wing lobes appear to form a continuous surface (Norberg, 1972b).
Similar: plume moth

adjective more pterophorid · most pterophorid

Relating to the Pterophoridae family of moths. The realized sample sizes were far lower (64 and 95, respectively); most of the tagged flowers were not recovered in 2016 due to herbivory from an outbreak of Heliothis phloxiphaga, the most common herbivore (LoPresti et al., 2015), as well as consumption by brush rabbits (Sylvilagus bachmani), and

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@misc{pterophorid_2026,
  title = {pterophorid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pterophorid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}