The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lepidopter
Lepidopter \Lep`i*dop"ter\ (l[e^]p`[i^]*d[o^]p"t[~e]r), n. [Cf. F. l['e]pidopt[`e]re.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the Lepidoptera.
Wiktionary
lepidopter
n. (context zoology English) One of the Lepidoptera.
Usage examples of "lepidopter".
The knave floated his rostrum over to the lepidopter, taking a drink from a flask the slavetaker offered him.
As it was, I have profited by the malevolent curiosity which induces that amiable lepidopter to insinuate himself into all studios.
This remote region had always been renowned for its lepidoptera, for these miraculous squadrons that filled the air by day and night, butterflies with the gift of chameleons, whose wings changed colour as they settled on vermilion flowers, ochre curtains, obsidian goblets or amber finger-rings.