bo·gong moth \ˈbōˌgȯŋ-, -gäŋ-\noun orbu·gong moth\ˈbüˌ-\ Etymology: from Mount Bogong, highest peak of Victoria, Australia : an Australian noctuid moth (Agrotis infusa) that is made into a paste and eated by the aborigines when the moths aestivate in huge clusters in rocky mountians to which they migrate from the breeding grounds many miles away