moth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒθ/
enpr: môth
ipa: /mɔθ/
ipa: /mɑθ/
enpr: mŏth
rhymes: -ɒθ
rhymes: -ɔːθ
Forms: form: moths
Etymology: From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa (“any destructive insect larva”), from Proto-West Germanic *moþþō, *mottō, from Proto-Germanic *muþþô, *muttô (“moth, worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”) and Norwegian Nynorsk mott (“moth”).
Senses: examples: text: Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.
ref: 2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7:
glosses: Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
glosses: Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
Hypernyms: lep
lepidopter
lepidopteran
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word: bagmoth
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word: budmoth
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word: fishmoth
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word: macromoth
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word: micromoth
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word: moth-hunter
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word: mothicide
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word: Mothman
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word: mothwing
alt: Blastobasis glandulella and Cydia splendana
word: acorn moth
taxonomic: Atteva aurea
word: ailanthus moth
taxonomic: Cadra cautella
word: almond moth
word: almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth
taxonomic: Aglaope infausta
word: almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth
taxonomic: Ectoedemia castaneae
word: American chestnut moth
taxonomic: Sitotroga cerealella
word: Angoumois moth
alt: Trisyntopa scatophaga
word: antbed parrot moth
english: Charaeas graminis
translation: Charaeas graminis
word: antler moth
word: apple moth*|alder moth|pyralid moth
taxonomic: Schinia arcigera
word: arcigera flower moth
taxonomic: Gynaephora groenlandica
word: arctic woolly bear moth
word: arge moth
word: aspen leaf blotch miner moth
taxonomic: Attacus atlas
word: Atlas moth
taxonomic: Epirrita autumnata
word: autumnal moth
taxonomic: Psychidae spp.
word: bag moth
taxonomic: Psychidae spp
word: bagworm moth
word: Baphomet moth
word: bee moth*
taxonomic: Archips rosaceana
word: bell moth*
word: black moth*
taxonomic: Lymantria monacha
word: black-arched moth
taxonomic: Agrotis infusa
word: bogong moth
word: book moth
taxonomic: Cydalima perspectalis
word: box tree moth
word: Brahmin moth
taxonomic: Opisthograptis luteolata
word: brimstone moth
word: brown-tailed moth
word: brown-tail moth
taxonomic: Euproctis chrysorrhoea
word: browntail moth
taxonomic: Hemileuca maia
word: buck moth
taxonomic: Spilonota ocellana
word: bud moth
taxonomic: Phalera bucephala
word: buff-tip moth
taxonomic: Attagenus spp.
word: buffalo moth*
word: bumblebee moth*
taxonomic: Metzneria lappella
word: burdock seedhead moth
taxonomic: Euclidia glyphica
word: burnet companion moth
taxonomic: Zygaenidae spp.
word: burnet moth*
taxonomic: Plutella xylostella
word: cabbage moth
taxonomic: Ephestia elutella
word: cacao moth
word: cactus moth
taxonomic: Tinea pellionella
word: carpet moth
taxonomic: Coleophoridae spp.
word: case moth
taxonomic: Hyalophora cecropia
word: cecropia moth
word: chestnut clearwing moth
word: common clothes moth
taxonomic: Utetheisa lotrix
word: crotalaria moth
taxonomic: Cadra cautella
word: chocolate moth
taxonomic: Tyria jacobaeae
word: cinnabar moth
english: Sesiidae spp. and Hemaris spp.
translation: Sesiidae spp. and Hemaris spp.
word: clearwing moth
taxonomic: Tineidae spp.
word: clothes moth
word: clothing moth*
word: codlin moth
taxonomic: Cydia pomonella
word: codling moth
taxonomic: Argema mittrei
word: comet moth
taxonomic: Oecophoridae spp.
word: concealer moth
word: cork moth
taxonomic: Tinea granella
word: corn moth
taxonomic: Pyrausta nubilalis
word: corn borer moth
word: cosmet moth
taxonomic: Alabama argillacea
word: cotton leafworm moth
taxonomic: Alabama argillacea
word: cotton moth
taxonomic: Limacodidae spp.
word: cup moth*
taxonomic: Abraxas grossulariata
word: currant moth
taxonomic: Incurvaria capitella
word: currant-shoot moth
word: cutworm moth*
taxonomic: Samia cynthia
word: cynthia moth
taxonomic: Acronicta spp.
word: dagger moth*
taxonomic: Agrotis spp.
word: dart moth
taxonomic: Agaristinae spp.
word: day-moth*
taxonomic: Acherontia spp.
word: death's head moth
word: diamond-back moth
taxonomic: Plutella xylostella
word: diamondback moth
taxonomic: Melanchra persicariae
word: dot moth
word: drinker moth
taxonomic: Saturniinae spp.
word: emperor moth*
taxonomic: Yponomeutidae spp.
word: ermine moth*
word: false owlet moth
word: ficus tussock moth
word: flour moth*
word: flower moth*
word: fox moth*
word: fungus moth
word: geometer moth*
taxonomic: Geometridae spp.
word: geometrid moth*
taxonomic: Hepialidae spp.
word: ghost moth*
word: giant leopard moth
word: giant peacock moth
word: gipsy moth
taxonomic: Lymantria dispar
word: gypsy moth
word: goat moth
word: gold moth
word: gooseberry-moth
word: grass moth
word: harnessed moth
word: herald moth
taxonomic: Phobetron pithecium
word: hag moth
word: hawk moth*
word: hawk-moth
word: hawkmoth
taxonomic: Galleria mellonella
word: honeycomb moth
taxonomic: Hemaris thysbe
word: hummingbird moth
word: imperial moth
word: Indian meal moth
word: io moth
word: Io moth
word: kitten moth
word: laced day-moth
word: lackey moth
word: lappet moth
word: Laysan hedyleptan moth
word: leafroller moth*
word: leaf roller moth
word: leek moth
word: leopard moth
word: lichen moth
word: light brown apple moth
word: like a moth to a flame
word: like a moth to flame
word: like a moth to the flame
word: litter moth
word: lobster moth
word: luna moth
word: magpie moth*
word: many-plumed moth
word: meal moth
word: Mediterranean flour moth
word: miller moth*
word: mill moth
word: mint moth
word: moon moth
word: moth ball
word: moth-ball
word: mothball
alt: Aleurodes spp. or Aleurodidae spp.
word: moth blight
word: moth borer
taxonomic: Liphyra brassolis
word: moth butterfly
word: moth-eaten
word: mothed
word: moth-er
word: mother
taxonomic: Callistege mi
word: Mother Shipton moth
word: moth flower
taxonomic: Psychodidae spp.
word: moth fly*
word: moth freckle
word: moth-fretted
word: moth-fretten
taxonomic: Psychodidae spp.
word: moth gnat*
taxonomic: Caprimulgidae spp.
word: moth hawk*
taxonomic: Caprimulgidae spp.
word: moth hunter*
taxonomic: Ithonidae spp.
word: moth lacewing
word: mothless
word: moth-like
word: mothlike
taxonomic: Psychodidae spp.
word: moth midge*
word: moth miller
taxonomic: Verbascum blattaria
word: moth mullein
taxonomic: Phalaenopsis spp.
word: moth orchid*
word: moth patch
taxonomic: Phalaenopsis spp.
word: moth plant*
word: moth-proof
word: mothproof
taxonomic: Castniidae spp.
word: moth sphinx*
word: moth spot
word: moth-time
word: mothweed
word: moth wing
word: mothwort
word: mothy
taxonomic: Amphipyra tragopoginis
word: mouse moth
english: Noctuidae
translation: Noctuidae
word: night moth (
word: northern scurfy Quaker moth
taxonomic: Epirrita dilutata
word: November moth
word: nun moth
word: oak processionary moth
taxonomic: Lithacodes fasciola
word: ochre-winged hag moth
word: oleander moth
word: olive moth
word: orache moth
word: Oriental fruit moth
word: oriental leafworm moth
taxonomic: Noctuidae spp.
word: owlet moth*
word: owl moth*
word: pale November moth
word: Pandora sphinx moth
word: pantry moth
word: parsnip moth
alt: Apina callisto
word: pasture day moth
word: pea moth
word: peach fruit moth
word: peacock moth
word: pear leaf blister moth
word: peppered moth
word: Pernyi moth
word: Picasso moth
word: Pikachu moth
word: pitch moth
word: plantain moth
word: plume moth
taxonomic: Antheraea polyphemus
word: polyphemus moth
word: potato moth
word: privet hawk moth
word: processionary moth
word: prominent moth
word: pug-moth
word: puss moth
word: rabbit moth
word: raisin moth
word: regal moth
word: rice moth
word: rosy marsh moth
word: royal walnut moth
word: rustic moth
word: satin moth
word: salt marsh moth
word: scallop moth
word: scribbly gum moth
word: sea moth
word: seed moth
word: sequoia pitch moth
word: shipton moth
word: short-cloaked moth
word: silkmoth*
word: silkworm moth
word: silver moth
taxonomic: Prolimacodes badia
word: skiff moth
taxonomic: Limacodidae spp/
word: slug moth*
word: snout moth
word: South American bollworm moth
word: southern flannel moth
word: sphinx moth
word: spongy moth
word: Sri Lankan tussar silk moth
word: summer fruit tortrix moth
word: sunflower moth
word: sunset moth
word: swallow-tailed moth
word: swift moth
taxonomic: Tinea pellionella
word: tapestry moth
word: teak moth
alt: Arctiidae spp.
word: tiger moth*
taxonomic: Ephestia elutella
word: tobacco moth
word: tomato moth
word: tree lucerne moth
word: tropical warehouse moth
word: turnip moth
word: turpentine moth
taxonomic: Lymantriinae spp.
word: tussock moth*
word: twirler moth
taxonomic: Schizura unicornis
word: unicorn moth
word: V moth
word: vampire moth
word: veneer moth
word: vine moth
word: vine-moth
word: wasp moth
word: wax moth*
word: Washington udea moth
word: waterlily leafcutter moth
word: webbing clothes moth
word: webmoth
word: web moth*
word: webworm moth
word: wheat moth
word: white-fringed pyrausta moth
taxonomic: Oinophila spp.
word: wine moth*
taxonomic: Operophtera brumata
word: winter moth
taxonomic: Thermesiini spp.
word: witch moth*
word: wool moth
taxonomic: Autographa gamma
word: Y moth
taxonomic: Lithacodes fasciola
word: yellow-shouldered slug moth
taxonomic: Tegeticula yuccasella
word: yucca moth