tortricid adjective & noun. [tɔ:'trɪsɪd, 'tɔ:trɪsɪd] L19.
[from TORTRIX: see -ID³.]
Entomology.
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the large family Tortricidae of small, mainly nocturnal greyish or brownish moths with fringed wings held over the body when at rest, the larvae often living as leaf-rollers or leaf-miners. L19.
b. noun. A moth of this family. E20.

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