English Explanatory Dictionary

ptychonome

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An enclosure formed (of leaves) by some organisms of the order Lepidoptera; a tentiform mine.

Word forms

ptychonome ptychonomes

Etymology

From ptycho- (compare ptychography) + (-)nome, from Ancient Greek πτυχή (ptukhḗ, “fold”) + νομός (nomós, “division”).

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