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n. - The branch of science dealing with insects comprising the butterflies, moths, and skippers.

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Usage examples (6)
  • The community college was giving an evening course in lepidopterology, and Phoebe could hardly paint fast enough to meet the demand.
  • The famed author exhibited both equally in his writing and in his non-literary pursuits, which included lepidopterology, the study of butterflies and moths.
  • It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself entirely to lepidopterology and never written any novels at all.
  • Julian P. Donahue, the retired curator of lepidopterology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, was more about appreciating the moths, instead of...
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