MOTH


Meaning of MOTH in English

noun (plural ~s) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English ~the; akin to Middle High German motte ~ Date: before 12th century clothes ~ , any of various usually nocturnal lepidopteran insects with antennae that are often feathery, with a stouter body, duller coloring, and proportionately smaller wings than the butterflies, and with larvae that are plant-eating caterpillars, ~like adjective ~y adjective

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