lepidopterology

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Etymology

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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Noun

lepidopterology (uncountable)

  1. (biology, zoology, entomology) The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera).
  2. Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting).

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