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n. Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from butterflies by their nocturnal activity, hairlike or feathery antennae, stout bodies, and the frenulum that holds the front and back wings together.

n. A clothes moth.

n. The plant Vigna aconitifolia, known as moth bean.

n. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

v. To hunt for moths.

n. A mote.

n. Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies

n. Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.

n. 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.

n. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

n. A nocturnal or crepuscular lepidopterous insect; a member of the order Lepidoptera and suborder Heterocera.

n. Any larva that destroys woolen fabrics.

n. Figuratively, one who or that which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes anything.

n. An obsolete variant of mote.

n. In India, a trailing dwarf bean, Phaseolus aconitifolius, cultivated for food and fodder. Also called Turkish gram. See gram.

n. typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

"The brain of a moth is about the size of a grain of rice."

lepidopteron    lepidopterous insect    lepidopteran   

many-plumed moth    honeycomb moth    indianmeal moth    engrailed moth    mottled plum-tree moth    house-builder moth    mocha-stone moth    bee-hawk moth    pepper-and-salt moth    processionary moth   

clothes    grain    carpet    dermestes    anthrenus   

arctiid moth    gelechiid moth    tortricid    lymantriid    tent-caterpillar moth    malacosoma americana    hawk moth    tineoid    hummingbird moth    geometrid   

mothing   

mote    lep   

Roth    auth    broth    cloth    doth    froth    troth   

beetle    butterfly    insect    spider    caterpillar    ant    frog    lizard    grasshopper    worm