Lithosian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various moths once grouped in the former family Lithosiidae, now mostly classified in the subfamily Arctiinae of family Erebidae.

Word forms

Lithosian Lithosians

Etymology

From Latin Lithosia, the typical genus, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone, a rock”).

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