English words for 'lepidopterology'
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noun
- gars (Lepisosteidae spp.)
- Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
- silver gar (Strongylura maritima, in family Belonidae)
- sauries (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus, in family Syngnathidae)
- slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
- giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
- primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
noun
- (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
- (cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
- Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
- (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
- A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
- (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
- (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
- A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
- A section or compartment of a larger structure.
- (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
- (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
- A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
- A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
- (architecture) A cella.
- (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
- (US, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone.
- A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- (communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.
- (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
- (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
- (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
- a room where a prisoner is kept
- a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
- any small compartment
- a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
- small room in which a monk or nun lives
- a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
- (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
verb
noun
- Leptodactylus (family Leptodactylidae), of the Neotropics
- Those of family Brevicepitidae, of Africa
- (US) A tree frog, especially, a spring peeper.
- Craugastor (Craugastoridae), of the Neotropics
- Pristimantis (family Strabomantidae), of the Neotropics
- Austrochaperina pluvialis (family Microhylidae), of Australia
- Scaphiophryne (family Microhylidae), of Madagascar
- Those of family Eleutherodactylidae, of the Americas
noun
- (entomology, lepidopterology) The hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
- The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
- The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
- (slang, originally gambling) A fake customer or companion; an intermediary.
- A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
- Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
- One who helps to conceal infidelity in a monogamous relationship by acting as a cover.
- The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
- (LGBTQ) A woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.
- The byssus of certain shellfish.
- That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
- The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
- (botany) The long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
- Long, hairlike feathers that protrude from the chest of a turkey.
- a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
- the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
- a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
- tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
- hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
verb
- (transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
- (transitive) To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
- (intransitive, beekeeping) Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.
- (transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
- (LGBTQ, slang, ambitransitive) Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
- go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
noun
adj
- Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
- (biology, ecology) Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
- (of a place or institution) Composed of people from all over the world.
- (of a person) At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
- composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
- growing or occurring in many parts of the world
- of worldwide scope or applicability
noun
noun
- Lebistes poecilioides
- Girardinus poeciloides
- Girardinus petersi
- A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).
- (paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
- Girardinus reticulatus
- Acanthocephalus guppii
- (climbing) A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
- Poecilia poeciloides
- Lebistes reticulatus
- Girardinus guppii
- Poecilioides reticulatus
- Haridichthys reticulatus
- Heterandria guppyi
- Acanthocephalus reticulatus
- (by extension) Any tiny fish.
- small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
noun
- gars (Lepisosteidae spp.)
- Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw.
- silver gar (Strongylura maritima, in family Belonidae)
- sauries (Scomberesocidae spp.)
- northern pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus, in family Syngnathidae)
- slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
- giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
- primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
noun
- (entomology) The discal cell of the wing of a lepidopteran insect.
- (cellular automata) The minimal unit of a cellular automaton that can change state and has an associated behavior.
- Each of the small hexagonal compartments in a honeycomb.
- (meteorology) A small thunderstorm, caused by convection, that forms ahead of a storm front.
- A small group of people forming part of a larger organization, often an outlawed one.
- (now historical) A small monastery or nunnery dependent on a larger religious establishment.
- (biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
- A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates.
- A section or compartment of a larger structure.
- (communication) A region of radio reception that is a part of a larger radio network.
- (biology, now chiefly botany) Any of various chambers in a tissue or organism having specific functions.
- A small room in a monastery or nunnery accommodating one person.
- A device which stores electrical power; used either singly or together in batteries; the basic unit of a battery.
- (architecture) A cella.
- (statistics) The unit in a statistical array (a spreadsheet, for example) where a row and a column intersect.
- (US, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, informal) A cellular phone.
- A single-room dwelling for a hermit.
- (communication) A short, fixed-length packet, as in asynchronous transfer mode.
- (architecture) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof.
- (geometry) A three-dimensional facet of a polytope.
- (entomology) An area of an insect wing bounded by veins.
- (card games) In FreeCell-type games, a space where one card can be placed.
- a room where a prisoner is kept
- a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver
- any small compartment
- a device that delivers an electric current as the result of a chemical reaction
- small room in which a monk or nun lives
- a small unit serving as part of or as the nucleus of a larger political movement
- (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
verb
noun
- Leptodactylus (family Leptodactylidae), of the Neotropics
- Those of family Brevicepitidae, of Africa
- (US) A tree frog, especially, a spring peeper.
- Craugastor (Craugastoridae), of the Neotropics
- Pristimantis (family Strabomantidae), of the Neotropics
- Austrochaperina pluvialis (family Microhylidae), of Australia
- Scaphiophryne (family Microhylidae), of Madagascar
- Those of family Eleutherodactylidae, of the Americas
noun
- (entomology, lepidopterology) The hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
- The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
- The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
- (slang, originally gambling) A fake customer or companion; an intermediary.
- A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
- Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
- One who helps to conceal infidelity in a monogamous relationship by acting as a cover.
- The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
- (LGBTQ) A woman who accompanies a gay man, or a man who accompanies a lesbian, in order to give the impression that the person being accompanied is heterosexual.
- The byssus of certain shellfish.
- That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
- The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
- (botany) The long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
- Long, hairlike feathers that protrude from the chest of a turkey.
- a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
- the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face
- a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses
- tuft of strong filaments by which e.g. a mussel makes itself fast to a fixed surface
- hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals
verb
- (transitive) To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
- (transitive) To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
- (intransitive, beekeeping) Of bees, to accumulate together in a beard-like shape.
- (transitive) To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
- (LGBTQ, slang, ambitransitive) Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.
- go along the rim, like a beard around the chin
noun
adj
- Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
- (biology, ecology) Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
- (of a place or institution) Composed of people from all over the world.
- (of a person) At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
- composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests
- growing or occurring in many parts of the world
- of worldwide scope or applicability
noun
noun
- Lebistes poecilioides
- Girardinus poeciloides
- Girardinus petersi
- A tiny freshwater fish, Poecilia reticulata, popular in home aquariums, that usually has a plain body and black or dark blue tail for the females and a more colorful tail for the males. The guppies can vary in size, but males are 4 cm (1.6”) and females are 7 cm (2.8”).
- (paintball) A tube holding paintballs before they are loaded into the gun.
- Girardinus reticulatus
- Acanthocephalus guppii
- (climbing) A hold across the palm of the hand rather than the fingertips.
- Poecilia poeciloides
- Lebistes reticulatus
- Girardinus guppii
- Poecilioides reticulatus
- Haridichthys reticulatus
- Heterandria guppyi
- Acanthocephalus reticulatus
- (by extension) Any tiny fish.
- small freshwater fish of South America and the West Indies; often kept in aquariums
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