'Pterophore' definitions:

Definition of 'Pterophore'

From: GCIDE
  • Pterophore \Pter"o*phore\, n. [Gr. ? a feather + fe`rein to bear.] (Zool.) Any moth of the genus Pterophorus and allied genera; a plume moth. See Plume moth, under Plume. [1913 Webster]