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lepidopterist
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lep·i·dop·ter·y  (lp-dpt-r) also lep·i·dop·ter·ol·o·gy (-t-rl-j)
n.
The branch of entomology that deals with lepidopterans.
lepi·dopter·ist n.
lepidopterist [ˌlɛpɪˈdɒptərɪst]
n
(Business / Professions) a person who studies or collects moths and butterflies
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Noun1.lepidopterist - an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and mothslepidopterist - an entomologist who specializes in the collection and study of butterflies and moths
butterfly collector, lepidopterologist
bug-hunter, bugologist, entomologist - a zoologist who studies insects
Translations
lepidopterist [ˌlepɪˈdɒptərɪst] N → lepidopterólogo/a m/f
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