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Moth   /mɔθ/   Listen
noun
Moth  n.  A mote. (Obs.)


Moth  n.  (pl. moths)  
1.
(Zool.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
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.
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.
4.
Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... the meanest things I ever did was when I was too small to know how cruel it was. It was so long ago that I could not talk plainly, but I remember distinctly what a stifling hot day it was. Mamma had been packing her furs away for the summer in moth-balls. You know how horridly those camphor things smell. I hung over her and asked questions every time she moved. She told me how the moth-millers lay eggs in the furs if they are not protected, and showed me an old muff ...
— The Little Colonel's House Party • Annie Fellows Johnston
... treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through ...
— The Moscow Census - From "What to do?" • Lyof N. Tolstoi
... sunset hour, and the pretty child of James Eustis putting in this man's hand a gray moth. I think he was remembering, too, for his eyes of a sudden melted, as if he saw again her face that was so lovely and so young. Glancing at me, he ...
— Slippy McGee, Sometimes Known as the Butterfly Man • Marie Conway Oemler
... Mrs. MacDonald's best black cashmere dress, which had not been worn and would not be worn, except on great occasions, until next season, and had mechanically reduced it to the rate of second best. Moth-powder and moth-balls were exhausted in downstairs regions, but there was a store of both in the garret; and in her annoyance at having to ascend at an unprecedented time, and her vexation at an accident such as must happen in the best regulated families, Mrs. Muir had hurriedly returned with the ...
— The Heather-Moon • C. N. Williamson and A. M. Williamson
... moth-like, and hurt by its flame—if they copy our vile vices, which are no part of our Christianity, but the remnants of our own original savagery cropping out in spite of Christianity—if so, is it surprising? Their eyes are bothered by the sudden change ...
— Quiet Talks with World Winners • S. D. Gordon


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