mother-of-pearl moth
noun
A greyish-white pyralid moth, Pleuroptya ruralis, whose larvae feed on nettles; (formerly also) †any of several moths resembling or related to this moth ( obsolete ).
Origin
Mid 18th century.
- ascorbate
- ascorbic acid
- ascot
- ascot tie
- ascribable
- ascribe
- ascription
- as cross as two sticks
- ascus
- ASD
- (as) daft as a brush
- (as) dead as a doornail
- (as) dead as a (or the) dodo
- (as) dead as mutton
- (as) deaf as a post
- ASDIC
- as different as (or like) chalk and cheese
- (as) drunk as a lord (or skunk)
- (as) dry as a bone
- (as) dry as a Pommy's towel
- (as) dry as dust
- (as) dull as dishwater (or ditchwater)
- -ase
- ASEAN
- (as) easy as falling off a log