Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of numerous small moths of the family Tortricidae, many of which have larvae that are important pests of agricultural, ornamental, and forest plants, and including various leaf rollers.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In entomology, of or belonging to the lepidopterous family Tortricidæ, or having their characters.
  • In herpetology, belonging to the ophidian family Tortricidæ, or having their characters.
  • noun In entomology, a moth of the family Tortricidæ.
  • noun In herpetology, a serpent of the family Tortricidæ; a cylinder-snake.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to Tortix, or the family Tortricidæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun zoology Any member of the large moth family Tortricidae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Tortrīcidae, family name, from Tortrīx, Tortrīc-, type genus; see tortrix.]

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Examples

  • · The tortricid moth Adoxophyes aurata (attacks leaves in Asia including Papua New Guinea);

    3 The Tree 1992

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