moth
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1. typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae (noun.animal)
| hyponym | : | miller, moth miller, |
| definition | : | any of various moths that have powdery wings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tortricid, tortricid moth, |
| definition | : | any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lymantriid, tussock moth, |
| definition | : | dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | geometrid, geometrid moth, |
| definition | : | slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | pyralid, pyralid moth, |
| definition | : | usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | tineoid, tineoid moth, |
| definition | : | small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | gelechiid, gelechiid moth, |
| definition | : | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth, |
| definition | : | usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | saturniid, saturniid moth, |
| definition | : | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | arctiid, arctiid moth, |
| definition | : | stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth, |
| definition | : | medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae (noun.animal) |
| derivation | : | mothy, |
| definition | : | infested with moths (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | mothy, |
| definition | : | infested with moths (adj.all) |
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