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Clepsis
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clepsis
Translingual
thumb|Clepsis rurinana species.
Etymology
mul moths :bor grc:κλέψις<id:theft><ety:af<κλέπτω><-σῐς>> 1
Borrowed from mul grc κλέψις theft, from mul κλέπτω grc to steal -σῐς grc action, process, or result. Further from mul grk-pro *klépťō to steal and mul ine-pro *klep- to steal.
Proper noun
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genus family Tortricidae certain leafroller moths
Derived terms
Ancyroclepsis genus
Cornuclepsis genus
See also
Q1760490 1
mul Tortricid moths