moth
(môth, mŏth)n. pl. moths (môthz, mŏthz, môths, mŏths)
1. Any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from butterflies by their nocturnal activity, hairlike or feathery antennae, stout bodies, and the frenulum that holds the front and back wings together.
2. A clothes moth.
[Middle English motthe, from Old English moththe.]
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moth
(mɒθ)n
(Animals) any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera that typically have stout bodies with antennae of various shapes (but not clubbed), including large brightly coloured species, such as hawk moths, and small inconspicuous types, such as the clothes moths. Compare butterfly1
[Old English moththe; compare Middle Dutch motte, Old Norse motti]
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moth
(mɔθ, mɒθ)n., pl. moths (môtz, motz, môths, moths).
1. any of numerous insects of the order Lepidoptera, generally distinguished from the butterflies by having feathery antennae and by having nocturnal habits.
[before 950; Old English moththe]
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moth
(môth) Any of various insects that resemble butterflies but are nocturnal and have smaller and less brightly colored wings, stouter bodies, and hair-like or feathery antennae. Unlike butterflies, moths tend to hold their wings out horizontally when at rest. Compare butterfly.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
| Noun | 1. |  moth - typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennaelepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect - insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales moth miller, miller - any of various moths that have powdery wings tortricid, tortricid moth - any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls lymantriid, tussock moth - dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees geometrid, geometrid moth - slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms pyralid, pyralid moth - usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests tineoid, tineoid moth - small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts gelechiid, gelechiid moth - small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth - usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth - moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons arctiid, arctiid moth - stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth - medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae Malacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar moth - moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars |
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moth
noun see butterflies and mothsCollins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
Translations
عِثَةٌعُثَّه، سوسَة ألْبِسَهعُثَّه، سوسَه
molmůra
mølnatsværmer
koiyöperhonen
moljac
molypille
mölur
蛾
나방
chemikalų rutuliukas kandims naikintidrugyskandiskandžių suėstas
kodenaktstauriņš
molie
moľamora
molj
malnattfjäril
ผีเสื้อราตรีออกหากินกลางคืน
con nhậy
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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moth
n → Nachtfalter m; (wool-eating) → Motte f; to be attracted like a moth to a flame → wie die Motten vom Licht angezogen werden
moth
:mothball
moth-eaten
adj (lit) → mottenzerfressen; (fig) → ausgedient, vermottet (inf)
moth
:mothhole
n → Mottenloch nt
mothproof
adj → mottenfest
vt → mottenfest machen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
moth
(moθ) – plural moths (moθs) (American) (mo:ðz) – noun1. any of a large number of insects, rather like butterflies but with wider bodies, seen mostly at night and attracted by light.
2. a clothes moth. The moths have been at my evening dress.
clothes moth a type of moth whose larva feeds on cloth and makes holes.
ˈmothball noun a small ball of a chemical used to protect clothes from clothes moths.
ˈmoth-eaten adjective (of cloth) eaten by moths. a moth-eaten blanket.
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moth
→ عِثَةٌ můra møl Motte νυχτοπεταλούδα polilla koi papillon de nuit moljac tarma 蛾 나방 mot møll ćma traça моль nattfjäril ผีเสื้อราตรีออกหากินกลางคืน güve con nhậy 飞蛾Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009