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Definition of: tortricid
(tôr′trə·sid) noun
Any of a large family (Tortricidae) of small, usually bright–colored moths with rectangular fore wings, including many important pests of fruit and forest trees.
—adjective Of or pertaining to the Tortricidae. [<NL <Tortrix, type genus <L tortus. See TORSION.]
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