Tortrix

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A moth of the family Tortricidae; a tortricid.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Any member of the moth genus Tortrix.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family Tortricidæ, the larvæ of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also called leaf roller.
  • n. A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (Tortrix scytalæ) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In herpetology:
  • n. The typical genus of Tortricidæ: same as Ilysia. T. scytale is the coralsnake of Demerara.
  • n. A snake of this genus.
  • n. In entomology:
  • n. A genus of moths, typical of the family Tortricidæ.
  • n. Any moth of the family Tortricidæ: as, the cherry-tree tortrix, Cacœcia cerasivorana.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
  • n. California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tortricid    tortricid moth   
    Variant
    leafroller   
     
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