Definition of moth

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Moth (n.) A mote.

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Miller :: Miller (n.) A moth or lepidopterous insect; -- so called because the wings appear as if covered with white dust or powder, like a miller's clothes. Called also moth miller..
Motherwort :: Motherwort (n.) The mugwort. See Mugwort.
Haematothorax :: Haematothorax (n.) Same as Hemothorax.
Silkworm :: Silkworm (n.) The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa..
Spanworm :: Spanworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, as the cankeworm; a geometer; a measuring worm..
Phalaena :: Phalaena (n.) A linnaean genus which included the moths in general.
Otter :: Otter (n.) The larva of the ghost moth. It is very injurious to hop vines.
Promethea :: Promethea (n.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band..
Hoemother :: Hoemother (n.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver..
Mother :: Mother (v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar..
Smothering :: Smothering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smothe.
Mothered :: Mothered (imp. & p. p.) of Mothe.
Matron :: Matron (n.) A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children; a woman of staid or motherly manners..
Smothered :: Smothered (imp. & p. p.) of Smothe.
Grandfather :: Grandfather (n.) A father's or mother's father; an ancestor in the next degree above the father or mother in lineal ascent.
Saturnian :: Saturnian (n.) Any one of numerous species of large handsome moths belonging to Saturnia and allied genera. The luna moth, polyphemus, and promethea, are examples. They belong to the Silkworn family, and some are raised for their silk. See Polyphemus..
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child..
Grandmamma :: Grandmamma (n.) A grandmother.
Webform :: Webform (n.) Any one of various species of moths whose gregarious larvae eat the leaves of trees, and construct a large web to which they retreat when not feeding..
Mothery :: Mothery (a.) Consisting of, containing, or resembling, mother (in vinegar)..
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