(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:42:29

Rhop`a*loc"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. a club + ahorn.] Zool.

A division of Lepidoptera including all the butterflies. They differ from other Lepidoptera in having club-shaped antennae.

 

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