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Webster 1913 Edition

Pterophore

Pter′o-phore

,

Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] a feather +

φέρειν

to bear.]

(Zool.)

Any moth of the genus

Pterophorus

and allied genera; a plume moth. See

Plume moth

, under

.

Definition 2024

pterophore

pterophore

English

Noun

pterophore ‎(plural pterophores)

(zoology) Any moth of Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth.