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moth

/mɒθ

noun

1An insect with two pairs of broad wings covered in microscopic scales, typically drably coloured and held flat when at rest. Moths are chiefly nocturnal, and lack the clubbed antennae of butterflies.

Most superfamilies of the order Lepidoptera. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Heterocera.

Bats and nocturnal moths take to the wing, while butterflies settle and flowers begin to close their petals....

This is a bacterium that is only harmful to Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths.
Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens.

1.1 informal A clothes moth.These are the herbs that were used in medieval times to deter moths and fleas from clothing and people....

Damage from moths, mildew or vermin is also not covered, so if the rats eat your clothes, tough luck Charlie.

Phrases

like a moth to the flame

Origin

Old English moththe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mot and German Motte.

In Anglo-Saxon times a moth was any parasitic pest such as a maggot or worm, especially the larva of the clothes moth. The name eventually extended to the adult clothes moth, and then to other similar insects. People have been able to use a mothball to protect stored clothes since the 1890s; shortly after that in mothballs came to mean ‘unused but kept in good condition for future use’. Compare butterfly

单词	moth
释义	moth /mɒθ / noun 1An insect with two pairs of broad wings covered in microscopic scales, typically drably coloured and held flat when at rest. Moths are chiefly nocturnal, and lack the clubbed antennae of butterflies. Most superfamilies of the order Lepidoptera. Formerly placed in a grouping known as the Heterocera. Bats and nocturnal moths take to the wing, while butterflies settle and flowers begin to close their petals.... This is a bacterium that is only harmful to Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths. Butterflies, moths, hummingbirds, cardinals, bluejays and more visited our gardens. 1.1 informal A clothes moth.These are the herbs that were used in medieval times to deter moths and fleas from clothing and people.... Damage from moths, mildew or vermin is also not covered, so if the rats eat your clothes, tough luck Charlie. Phrases like a moth to the flame Origin Old English moththe, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch mot and German Motte. In Anglo-Saxon times a moth was any parasitic pest such as a maggot or worm, especially the larva of the clothes moth. The name eventually extended to the adult clothes moth, and then to other similar insects. People have been able to use a mothball to protect stored clothes since the 1890s; shortly after that in mothballs came to mean ‘unused but kept in good condition for future use’. Compare butterfly Rhymes broth, cloth, froth, Goth, Roth, wrath
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