clothes moth
clothes moth
Definition
clothes moth
noun
any of a family (Tineidae) of small moths that lay their eggs in articles of wool, fur, etc. upon which the hatched larvae feed
clothes moth
Usage Examples
Adjective modifier
- common: The brown house moth is more destructive than the common clothes moth.
Modifies a noun
- larva: Clothes moth larvae feed on wool, hair, feathers, fur, upholstered furniture, bristles, dried hair and leather.
Noun used with modifier
- webbing: The number one museum insect pest worldwide is the webbing clothes moth.
Browse dictionary entries near clothes moth
- clothes
- clothed
- clothe
- clothbound
- cloth yard
- cloth
- clot
- closure
- clostridium
- closing statement
- clothes tree
- clotheshorse
- clothesline
- clothespin
- clothespole
- clothespress
- clothier
- clothing
- Clotho
- cloture
