TUSSOCK MOTH

Meaning of TUSSOCK MOTH in English

Typical member of the small European and New World lepidopteran family Liparidae (formerly Lymantriidae).

The large, hairy larvae of most species have hair tufts, or tussocks; many have stinging hairs. Several species, including the moth .

Britannica English dictionary. Английский словарь Британика. 2012

TUSSOCK MOTH — noun Date: 1826 any of numerous dull-colored moths (family Lymantriidae) that usually have wingless females and larvae with long tufts …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TUSSOCK MOTH — noun : any of numerous dull-colored moths especially of the family Lymantriidae which in most of the common forms have …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUSSOCK MOTH — any of several moths of the family Lymantriidae, the larvae of which have characteristic tufts of hair on the body …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TUSSOCK MOTH — Date: 1826 : any of numerous dull-colored moths (family Lymantriidae) that usually have wingless females and larvae with long tufts …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TUSSOCK MOTH — Function: noun Date: 1826 : any of numerous dull-colored moths (family Lymantriidae) that usually have wingless females and larvae with …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TUSSOCK MOTH — ■ noun a woodland moth whose adults and brightly coloured caterpillars both bear tufts of irritant hairs. [Family Lymantriidae: many …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TUSSOCK MOTH — [tussock moth] n (1826): any of numerous dull-colored moths (family Lymantriidae) that usu. have wingless females and larvae with long …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TUSSOCK MOTH — typical member of the small family Liparidae (formerly Lymantriidae) of the order Lepidoptera, named for the hair tufts, or tussocks, …
Britannica English vocabulary
TUSSOCK MOTH — Typical member of the small European and New World lepidopteran family Liparidae (formerly Lymantriidae). The large, hairy larvae of most …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3) = tussock ;3)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TUSSOCK-MOTH — - tussock 3)
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TUSSOCK MOTH — кистехвост
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TUSSOCK MOTH — кистехвост
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3)
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TUSSOCK-MOTH — - tussock 3)
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
TUSSOCK-MOTH — кистехвост (бабочка)
Англо-Русский дополнительный словарь
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера
TUSSOCK-MOTH — = tussock 3) = tussock ;3)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
MOTH — tinea. MOTHEATEN: rodet de tineas
English interlingue dictionary
MOTH — anunugba
English-Visayan vocabulary
TUSSOCK — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1607 a compact tuft especially of grass or sedge, ~y adjective
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MOTH — I Any of several thousand lepidopteran species, found in all but polar habitats. Moths are chiefly nocturnal and have a …
Английский словарь Британика
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
TUSSOCK — ˈtəsə̇k, -sēk noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. a. : a dense tuft (as of grass or hair) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TUSSOCK — (n.) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is covered with …
Английский словарь Webster
TUSSOCK — (n.) Same as Tussock grass, below.
Английский словарь Webster
TUSSOCK — (n.) A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or …
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
TUSSOCK — ( n. ) Same as Tussock grass, below.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUSSOCK — ( n. ) A tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TUSSOCK — ( n. ) A caterpillar of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths. The body of these caterpillars is …
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
TUSSOCK — — tussocked , adj. /tus"euhk/ , n. a tuft or clump of growing grass or the like. [ 1540-50; appar. …
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
TUSSOCK — n. tuft, cluster of grass
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TUSSOCK — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1607 : a compact tuft especially of grass or sedge ; also : an area …
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
TUSSOCK — noun ·same·as tussock grass, below. 2. tussock ·noun a tuft, as of grass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a …
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
TUSSOCK — [ 'tʌsək ] ■ noun a dense clump or tuft of grass. Derivatives ~y adjective Origin C16: perh. an alt. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TUSSOCK — [tus.sock] n [origin unknown] (1580): a compact tuft esp. of grass or sedge; also: an area of raised solid ground …
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
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
TUSSOCK — tussock BrE AmE ˈtʌs ək ▷ tussock|s s
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
MOTH — moth BrE AmE mɒθ AmE mɔːθ mɑːθ ▷ moths mɒθs AmE mɔːðz mɑːðz, mɔːθs, mɑːθs
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TUSSOCK — / ˈtʌsək; NAmE / noun a small area of grass that is longer and thicker than the grass around it …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TUSSOCK — tus ‧ sock /ˈtʌsək/ BrE AmE noun [countable] literary [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Origin: Perhaps from tusk 'small bunch of …
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
TUSSOCK — n. 1 a clump of grass etc. 2 (in full tussock moth) any moth of the genus Orgyia etc., with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TUSSOCK — n. 1 a clump of grass etc. 2 (in full tussock moth) any moth of the genus Orgyia etc., with …
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
TUSSOCK — n.1 a clump of grass etc. 2 (in full tussock moth) any moth of the genus Orgyia etc., with tufted …
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
TUSSOCK — ( tussocks) A tussock is a small piece of grass which is much longer and thicker than the grass around …
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
TUSSOCK — (~s) A ~ is a small piece of grass which is much longer and thicker than the grass around it. …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TUSSOCK — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Beside a tussock of grass a little way outside the opposite copse, a rabbit was …
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

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