WAX MOTH

Meaning of WAX MOTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1766

: a dull brownish or ashen pyralid moth ( Galleria mellonella ) with a larva that feeds on the honeycomb wax of bees

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary. Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster. 2003

WAX MOTH — noun Date: 1766 a dull brownish or ashen pyralid moth ( Galleria mellonella ) with a larva that feeds on …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
WAX MOTH — noun 1. : bee moth 2. : a moth ( Achroia grisella ) smaller than the bee moth but similar …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAX MOTH. — See bee moth . [ 1760-70 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAX MOTH — Function: noun Date: 1766 : a dull brownish or ashen pyralid moth ( Galleria mellonella ) with a larva that …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
WAX MOTH — ■ noun a brownish moth whose larvae live in beehives, feeding on beeswax. [ Galleria mellonella and other species.]
Concise Oxford English vocab
WAX MOTH — [wax moth] n (1766): a dull brownish or ashen pyralid moth (Galleria mellonella) with a larva that feeds on the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAX-MOTH — n. Bee-moth.
Dictionary of English Synonyms
MOTH — tinea. MOTHEATEN: rodet de tineas
English interlingue dictionary
MOTH — anunugba
English-Visayan vocabulary
WAX — I Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Английский словарь Британика
MOTH — I Any of several thousand lepidopteran species, found in all but polar habitats. Moths are chiefly nocturnal and have a …
Английский словарь Британика
WAX — I. ˈwaks noun ( -es ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English wax, wex, from Old English weax; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MOTH — I. ˈmȯ]th also ˈmä] noun ( plural moths ]thz, ]ths, ]z\) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mothe, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WAX — (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer …
Английский словарь Webster
MOTH — (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these …
Английский словарь Webster
MOTH — (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
Английский словарь Webster
WAX — ( v. i. ) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — ( n. ) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — ( n. ) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WAX — wax 1 — waxable , adj. — waxlike , adj. /waks/ , n. 1. Also called beeswax . a solid, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — /mawth, moth/ , n. , pl. moths /mawdhz, modhz, mawths, moths/ . 1. any of numerous insects of the order …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
WAX — I. ˈwaks noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weax; akin to Old High German wahs wax, Lithuanian vaškas Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MOTH — noun ( plural moths ˈmȯthz, ˈmȯths) Etymology: Middle English mothe, from Old English moththe; akin to Middle High German motte …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
WAX — noun cerumen, or earwax. 2. wax ·noun a waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. 3. wax ·noun …
Webster English vocab
MOTH — noun a mote. 2. moth ·noun anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. 3. moth …
Webster English vocab
WAX — [wax] n [ME, fr. OE weax; akin to OHG wahs wax, Lith vaskas] (bef. 12c) 1: a substance that is …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
MOTH — [moth] n, pl moths [ME mothe, fr. OE moththe; akin to MHG motte moth] (bef. 12c) 1: clothes moth 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
WAX — any of a class of pliable substances of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin that differ from fats in being …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTH — South African day-flying moth (Euchromia formosa) any of several thousand species of usually nocturnal insects belonging to about 47 families …
Britannica English vocabulary
MOTH — moth BrE AmE mɒθ AmE mɔːθ mɑːθ ▷ moths mɒθs AmE mɔːðz mɑːðz, mɔːθs, mɑːθs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WAX — / wæks; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun [ U ] 1. a solid substance that is made from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAX — I. wax 1 /wæks/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: weax ] 1 . a solid …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
MOTH — moth /mɒθ $ mɒːθ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: moththe ] an insect related to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WAX — n. & v. --n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
WAX — n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
MOTH — n. 1 any usu. nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera excluding butterflies, having a stout body and without clubbed antennae. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
WAX — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; …
Oxford English vocab
MOTH — n.1 any usu. nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera excluding butterflies, having a stout body and without clubbed antennae. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
WAX — ( waxes, waxing, waxed) 1. Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
MOTH — ( moths) A moth is an insect like a butterfly which usually flies about at night. N-COUNT
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WAX
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTH — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE female ▪ When the evening comes the female spruce budworm moth rises up on …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
MOTH — [noun] [C] - an winged insect which is similar to a butterfly, usually flies at night, and is attracted to …
Cambridge English vocab
WAX — n. Any of a class of pliable substances, organic compounds of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin, less greasy, harder, …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTH — n. owlet moth bagworm moth gypsy moth hawk moth sphinx moth luna moth saturniid moth giant silkworm moth silkworm moth …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
MOTH — n. Any of several thousand lepidopteran species, found in all but polar habitats. Moths are chiefly nocturnal and have a …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
WAX — Synonyms and related words : accrue, accumulate, advance, aluminum oxide, ambergris, anoint, antifriction, appreciate, augment, auto polish, balloon, bear fruit, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTH — noun Moth is used after these nouns: ↑ silk
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
MOTH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. Moths See also butterfly . lobster moth angle shades luna moth atlas moth magpie …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
MOTH — By the Hebrew word we are certainly to understand some species of clothes-moth (tinea). Reference to the destructive habits of …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
WAX — I 1. сущ. 1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный/минеральный со сходными свойствами) wax candle ≈ восковая свеча mineral …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTH
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
WAX — wax.ogg _I 1. wæks n 1. 1> (пчелиный) воск 2> минеральный воск, озокерит 3> парафин 2. ушная сера 3. мазь …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
WAX — 1) воск || вощить 2) парафин || парафинировать 3) модельная восковая масса ( для изготовления форм по выплавляемым моделям ) …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
WAX — 1) воск || вощить 2) парафин || парафинировать 3) модельная восковая масса (для изготовления форм по выплавляемым моделям) 4) пластичная глина • - ader wax - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
WAX — 1) воск 2) восковой 3) вощаной 4) вощаный 5) вощеный 6) вощить 7) наващивать 8) навощить 9) парафинированный 10) парафинировать • - ader wax - animal wax - candelilla wax - lost wax method - …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
WAX — wax I 1. сущ.1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный/минеральный со сходными свойствами) wax candle — восковая свеча mineral …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
WAX — _I 1. wæks n 1. 1> (пчелиный) воск 2> минеральный воск, озокерит 3> парафин 2. ушная сера 3. мазь ski …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
WAX — I 1. сущ. 1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный / минеральный со сходными свойствами ) mineral wax — …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
MOTH
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
WAX — I 1. сущ. 1) воск ( пчелиный - beeswax или искусственный / минеральный со сходными свойствами) mineral wax — минеральный воск sealing wax — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MOTH
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
MOTH — моль; бабочка - alder daggermoth - alder moth - almond moth - American moon moth - Angoumois grain moth - antique tussock moth - antler moth - apple …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
MOTH — моль; бабочка - alder daggermoth - alder moth - almond moth - American moon moth - Angoumois grain moth - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary

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