TUSSOCK MOTH

Meaning of TUSSOCK MOTH in English

■ noun a woodland moth whose adults and brightly coloured caterpillars both bear tufts of irritant hairs. [Family Lymantriidae: many species.]

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

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 — Typical member of the small European and New World lepidopteran family Liparidae (formerly Lymantriidae). The large, hairy larvae of most …
Английский словарь Британика
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 — [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

Concise Oxford English vocab

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