Definition of moth

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Moth (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc..

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Nomothete :: Nomothete (n.) A lawgiver.
Dam :: Dam (n.) A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother..
Noctuid :: Noctuid (n.) Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because they fly at night..
Mother :: Mother (v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar..
Angoumois Moth :: Angoumois moth () A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell..
Great-grandfather :: Great-grandfather (n.) The father of one's grandfather or grandmother.
Maia :: Maia (n.) A beautiful American bombycid moth (Eucronia maia).
Sea Louse :: Sea louse () Any one of numerous species of isopod crustaceans of Cymothoa, Livoneca, and allied genera, mostly parasites on fishes..
Pneumatothorax :: Pneumatothorax (n.) See Pneumothorax.
Mother :: Mother (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc..
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure..
Mother-naked :: Mother-naked (a.) Naked as when born.
Slick :: Slick (v. t.) To make sleek or smoth.
Pseudotinea :: Pseudotinea (n.) The bee moth, or wax moth (Galleria)..
Foster :: Foster (v. t.) Relating to nourishment; affording, receiving, or sharing nourishment or nurture; -- applied to father, mother, child, brother, etc., to indicate that the person so called stands in the relation of parent, child, brother, etc., as regards sustenance and nurture, but not by tie of blood..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) One of the destructive, and usually hairy, larvae of several species of beetles and grain moths; as, the bee wolf..
Pyralid :: Pyralid (n.) Any moth of the family Pyralidae. The species are numerous and mostly small, but some of them are very injurious, as the bee moth, meal moth, hop moth, and clover moth..
Orphan :: Orphan (n.) A child bereaved of both father and mother; sometimes, also, a child who has but one parent living..
Matricide :: Matricide (n.) The murder of a mother by her son or daughter.
Cat''s-tail :: Cat's-tail (n.) See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus..
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