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noun • typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae | ||||||||
| 31% | 3 | Lepidopteran trap | ||||||
adjective • remaining after all deductions noun • a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange • a trap made of netting to catch fish or birds or insects • the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses) • a goal lined with netting (as in soccer or hockey) • game equipment consisting of a strip of netting dividing the playing area in tennis or badminton • an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals adjective satellite • conclusive in a process or progression verb • make as a net profit • yield as a net profit • construct or form a web, as if by weaving • catch with a net | ||||||||
| 31% | 9 | Old name for the element sulphur, whose yellow colour matches that of the wings of the male lepidopteran in the genus Gonepteryx rhamni, the original “butter-coloured fly” | ||||||
noun • an old name for sulfur | ||||||||
Lepidopteran Crossword Clue
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MOTH which was last seen in the The Guardian Speedy crossword.
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MOTH
Updated: October 15, 2023
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| New York Times16 Dec 1979 | Down 8 | |
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1 | A lepidopteran such as a cream wave, lace border, maiden’s blush, purple-bordered gold, small scallop or vestal whose scientific name, Geometridae or geometer, means “earth measurer”
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
01 Jul 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 01 Jul 2023 |
2 | Also serves as a food source for the larvae of various lepidopteran insects | |
3 | Artificial lepidopteran?
New York Times -
14 Apr 1978 | New York Times / 14 Apr 1978 |
4 | Lepidopteran insect | |
5 | Lepidopteran structure?
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22 Jul 1990 | New York Times / 22 Jul 1990 |
6 | Lepidopteran trap
New York Times -
07 Sep 1983 | New York Times / 07 Sep 1983 |
7 | Old name for the element sulphur, whose yellow colour matches that of the wings of the male lepidopteran in the genus Gonepteryx rhamni, the original “butter-coloured fly”
Telegraph Giant General Knowledge -
29 Apr 2023 | Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 29 Apr 2023 |
