Pterophore

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]