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Butterfly and Moth

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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AND Moth (the former from "butter" and "fly," an old term of uncertain origin, possibly from the nature of the excrement, or the yellow colour of some particular species; the latter akin to O. Eng. mod, an earth-worm), the common English names applied respectively to the two groups of insects forming the scientific order Lepidoptera.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Butterfly and Moth'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/butterfly-and-moth.html. 1910.
 
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