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CIDE DICTIONARY

sembling

CIDE DICTIONARY

semblingn. [Cf. Assemble.].
     The practice of attracting the males of Lepidoptera or other insects by exposing the female confined in a cage.  [1913 Webster]
    " It is often adopted by collectors in order to procure specimens of rare species."  [1913 Webster]

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