Coleophora

noun

Co·​le·​oph·​o·​ra

-ˈäf(ə)rə

: a genus (the type of the family Coleophoridae) of small moths comprising the casebearer moths

coleophorid

-rə̇d

-ˌrid

adjective or noun

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from cole- + -phora

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