单词 | lepidopterist |
释义 | lepidopterist|lɛpɪˈdɒptərɪst| [f. Lepidopter-a + -ist.] One who studies the natural history of Lepidoptera.
1826Kirby & Sp. Entomol. xliii. IV. 192 If a Lepidopterist goes into the wood to capture moths in the day-time. 1872O. W. Holmes Poet Breakf.-t. ii. (1885) 48 Great competition..between the dipterists and the lepidopterists. 1971Daily Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 8 Jan. 21/2 If she is an amateur lepidopterist..the candids should obviously show her chasing butterflies. 1975Sci. Amer. Jan. 92/3 The first person in the area who is known to have captured a dark-colored peppered moth was an active lepidopterist, R. S. Edleston, who obtained a specimen in 1849. |

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