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Word: Tortrix
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 18th century: modern Latin, feminine of Latin tortor ‘twister’, from torquere ‘to twist’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈtɔːtrɪks
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a small moth with typically green caterpillars that live inside rolled leaves and can be a serious pest of fruit and other trees.
Short Definition:small moth caterpillars that live inside rolled leaves
Variant Forms:
- tortrix moth
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