See Also: Tortrix(medicine)
tortrix(dictionary)

tortrix (iou)



tortrix noun. . L18.
[mod. Latin (see below), fem. of tortor in sense 'twister' (with ref. to the leaf-rolling habits of the larvae): see -TRIX.]
A tortricid moth, esp. of the genus Tortrix; a leaf-roller moth. Chiefly as mod. Latin genus name.