tortrix noun.
['tɔ:trɪks] Pl. -trices
[-trɪsi:z].
L18.[mod. Latin (see below), fem. of tortor in sense 'twister' (with ref. to the leaf-rolling habits of the larvae): see -TRIX.]A tortricid moth, esp. of the genus
Tortrix; a leaf-roller moth. Chiefly as mod. Latin genus name.
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