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RHOPALOCERA

\ɹˈə͡ʊpɐlˌə͡ʊsɹə], \ɹˈə‍ʊpɐlˌə‍ʊsɹə], \ɹ_ˈəʊ_p_ɐ_l_ˌəʊ_s_ɹ_ə]\

Definitions of RHOPALOCERA

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

r[=o]-pa-los'e-ra, n.pl. an order of Lepidoptera, with clubbed antennÃ¦.--adjs. RHOPALOC'ERAL, RHOPALOC'EROUS. [Gr. rhopalon, a club, keras, a horn.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

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