Pte-rōph'o-rūs, n.

noun

(te-rōf'o-), n. [From Gr. πτέρον, a wing, and φορός, bearing, from φέρειν, to bear.] (En-tom.) A genus of small, lepidopterous insects, distinguished by the wings being divided into narrow feathered rays. Baird.

A moth with its broad, feather-like wings spread out.
Pterophorus.