moth

4 definitions found

moth - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Moth \Moth\ (m[o^]th), n.
     A mote. [Obs.] --Shak.
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  Moth \Moth\, n.; pl. Moths (m[o^]thz). [OE. mothe, AS.
     mo[eth][eth]e; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and
     prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. Mad, n., Mawk.]
     1. (Zool.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not
        included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io
        moth; hawk moth.
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     2. (Zool.) 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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     3. (Zool.) Any one of various other insects that destroy
        woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several
        species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and
        Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of
        Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet,
        Dermestes, Anthrenus.
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     4. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or
        wastes any other thing.
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     Moth blight (Zool.), any plant louse of the genus
        Aleurodes, and related genera. They are injurious to
        various plants.
  
     Moth gnat (Zool.), a dipterous insect of the genus
        Bychoda, having fringed wings.
  
     Moth hunter (Zool.), the goatsucker.
  
     Moth miller (Zool.), a clothes moth. See Miller, 3,
        (a) .
  
     Moth mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus Verbascum
        (Verbascum Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped yellow
        or whitish flowers.
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moth - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  moth
      n 1: typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout
           body and feathery or hairlike antennae

moth - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Moth
  Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten
  garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa. 50:9; 51:8; Hos.
  5:12).
  
    Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt. 6:19, 20; Luke 12:33. Allusion
  is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the
  clothes-moth. This is the only lepidopterous insect referred to
  in Scripture.