tortrix
See also: Tortrix
English
Etymology
From translingual Tortrix (“genus name”), being the namesake of the family Tortricidae.
Noun
tortrix (plural tortrixes or tortrices)
- (entomology) A tortrix moth, any member of the family Tortricidae
Synonyms
- (moth): tortricid, leafroller
References
- “tortrix”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “tortrix”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
- Tortrix on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Tortrix on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Tortrix on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons