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Moth

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Moth has 1 sense

moth(n = noun.animal) Array - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae; Array

has particulars: miller, moth miller, tortricid, tortricid moth, lymantriid, tussock moth, geometrid, geometrid moth, pyralid, pyralid moth, tineoid, tineoid moth, gelechiid, gelechiid moth, noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth, hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth, saturniid, saturniid moth, arctiid, arctiid moth, lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth, malacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar moth

Derived form adjective mothy₂

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Moth, n.

A mote. Shak. [1913 Webster]

Moth, n. [OE. mothe, AS. mo; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. Mad, n., Mawk.].

Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth. [1913 Webster]

Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc. [1913 Webster]

Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvæ of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvæ of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus. [1913 Webster]

Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. [1913 Webster]

Moth blight (Zoöl.), any plant louse of the genus Aleurodes, and related genera. They are injurious to various plants. -- Moth gnat (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect of the genus Bychoda, having fringed wings. -- Moth hunter (Zoöl.), the goatsucker. -- Moth miller (Zoöl.), a clothes moth. See Miller, 3, (a). -- Moth mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus Verbascum (Verbascum Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped yellow or whitish flowers.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

Moth, n.
1 any usu. nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera excluding butterflies, having a stout body and without clubbed antennae.
2 any small lepidopterous insect of the family Tineidae breeding in cloth etc., on which its larva feeds.

Idiom

moth-eaten
1 damaged or destroyed by moths.
2 antiquated, time-worn.

Etymology

OE moththe

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ROGET THESAURUS

Moth

Bane
N bane, curse, evil, hurtfulness, painfulness, scourge, damnosa hereditas, white elephant, sting, fang, thorn, tang, bramble, brier, nettle, poison, toxin, teratogen, leaven, virus venom, arsenic, antimony, tartar emetic, strychnine, nicotine, miasma, miasm, mephitis, malaria, azote, sewer gas, pest, Albany hemp, arsenious oxide, arsenious acid, bichloride of mercury, carbonic acid, carbonic gas, choke damp, corrosive sublimate, fire damp, hydrocyanic acid, cyanide, Prussic acid, hydrogen cyanide, marsh gas, nux vomica, ratsbane, hemlock, hellebore, nightshade, belladonna, henbane, aconite, banewort, bhang, ganja, hashish, Upas tree, Toxline (online), rust, worm, helminth, moth, moth and rust, fungus, mildew, dry rot, canker, cankerworm, cancer, torpedo, viper, demon, toxicology, baneful, poisonous, phr, bibere venenum in auro, Contingent Subservience.

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