Definition of moth

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Moth (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth..

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Urania :: Urania (n.) A genus of large, brilliantly colored moths native of the West Indies and South America. Their bright colored and tailed hind wings and their diurnal flight cause them to closely resemble butterflies..
Granduncle :: Granduncle (n.) A father's or mother's uncle.
Homothermous :: Homothermous (a.) Warm-blooded; homoiothermal; haematothermal.
Smother :: Smother (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.
Dropworm :: Dropworm (n.) The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm..
Stepparent :: Stepmother (n.) The wife of one's father by a subsequent marriage.
Smothery :: Smothery (a.) Tending to smother; stifling.
Mother-naked :: Mother-naked (a.) Naked as when born.
Parricide :: Parricide (n.) Properly, one who murders one's own father; in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any ancestor..
Dote :: Dote (v. i.) To be excessively or foolishly fond; to love to excess; to be weakly affectionate; -- with on or upon; as, the mother dotes on her child..
Smouldry :: Smouldry (a.) Smoldering; suffocating; smothery.
Motherwort :: Motherwort (n.) The mugwort. See Mugwort.
Motherhood :: Motherhood (n.) The state of being a mother; the character or office of a mother.
Mulier :: Mulier (n.) A woman; a wife; a mother.
Nomothetical :: Nomothetical (a.) Legislative; enacting laws; as, a nomothetical power..
Scaled :: Scaled (a.) Covered with scales, or scalelike structures; -- said of a fish, a reptile, a moth, etc..
Dame :: Dame (n.) A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds.
Smoulder :: Smoulder (v. i.) To exist in a state of suppressed or smothered activity; to burn inwardly; as, a smoldering feud..
Mother-in-law :: Mother-in-law (n.) The mother of one's husband or wife.
Behemoth :: Behemoth (n.) An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24..
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