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moth (môt̸h)

noun pl. moths (môt̸hz, môt̸hs)

  1. any of various families of chiefly night-flying lepidopteran insects, similar to the butterflies but generally smaller, less brightly colored, and not having the antennae knobbed
  2. clothes moth

Etymology: ME motthe < OE moththe, akin to Ger motte < IE base *math-, gnawing vermin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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