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moths

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/mɑðz/ English

Definitions

noun

  1. A small particle; a speck.

noun

  1. A meeting for discussion.“a wardmote in the city of London”
  2. A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.“a folk mote”
  3. A place of meeting for discussion.

noun

  1. A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.

noun

  1. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
  2. Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

verb

  1. To hunt for moths.

noun

  1. The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.

noun

  1. A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.

Related words

Synonyms

lepmatkiadultsarctiidbogongbutterfliescodlinggeometridmitesmonthmonthsnoctuidowletpepperedsaturniidskippersoapweedspecies

Associated

palpilepidopteralepidopterandiurnalupturnedmothnocturnalproboscispupaebelongingtaxonomic

Rhymes

swathesswathsfrothsclothsostrogothsbrothsrothstablecloths

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