- Tortricidae
- nounleaf rollers and codling moths• Syn: ↑family Tortricidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera• Member Meronyms:↑tortricid, ↑tortricid moth, ↑genus Tortrix, ↑Homona, ↑genus Homona, ↑Argyrotaenia, ↑genus Argyrotaenia, ↑Carpocapsa, ↑genus Carpocapsa
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\\tȯ(r).ˈtrisəˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalizedEtymology: New Latin Tortric-, Tortrix, type genus + -idae: a family of small moths usually having a stout body, oblong lightly fringed wings, threadlike antennae, and a tuft of scales at the end of the abdomen, many of the larvae being leaf rollers and others living in various fruits and galls
Useful english dictionary. 2012.