Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A moth of the family Tortricidae; a tortricid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In herpetology:
- noun The typical genus of Tortricidæ: same as
Ilysia. T. scytale is the coralsnake of Demerara. - noun A snake of this genus.
- noun In entomology:
- noun A genus of moths, typical of the family Tortricidæ.
- noun Any moth of the family Tortricidæ: as, the cherry-tree tortrix, Cacœcia cerasivorana.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of small moths of the family
Tortricidæ , the larvæ of which usually roll up the leaves of plants on which they live; -- also calledleaf roller . - noun (Zoöl.) A genus of tropical short-tailed snakes, which are not venomous. One species (
Tortrix scytal æ) is handsomely banded with black, and is sometimes worn alive by the natives of Brazil for a necklace.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any member of the
moth genus Tortrix.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants
- noun California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin Tortrīx, genus name, from Latin *tortrīx, one that twists, from tortus, past participle of torquēre, to twist; see tortuous.]
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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The green oak tortrix moth – whose caterpillars race to consume the soft, pale greenery of the young oak leaves.
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Oak tortrix (fat, green, black-spotted) and mottled umber caterpillars (black, brown and yellow mottled) are abundant.
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