name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A butterfly or moth. rare

   "Butterflies and moths belong to the insect order Lepidoptera (“leps” for short), which means “scale-wing.”"

2. 2
   Initialism of local enterprise partnership. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. 3
   Initialism of limited English proficient. US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Large Electron-Positron Collider. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Synonyms

All synonyms

butterflymoth

Example

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"Butterflies and moths belong to the insect order Lepidoptera (“leps” for short), which means “scale-wing.”"

Etymology

Short for Lepidoptera.

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