lute-string noun. ['lu:tstrɪŋ, lju:-] Also (esp. in sense 2) lutestring. L15.
[from LUTE noun¹ + STRING noun.]
1. A string of or for a lute. L15.

2. Any of several noctuid moths, esp. of the genus Tethea, having lines resembling the strings of a lute on their wings. E19.
POPLAR lutestring.

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