MOTH.
\mˈɒθ], \mˈɒθ], \m_ˈɒ_θ]\
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moth, n. a family of insects like butterflies, seen mostly at night: the larva of this insect which gnaws cloth: that which eats away gradually and silently.--v.t. MOTH'-EAT, to prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.--adj. MOTH'-EAT'EN, eaten or cut by moths.--n. MOTH'-HUNT'ER, a little kind of swallow which hunts moths, &c., called also the Goatsucker.--adj. MOTH'Y, full of moths.--DEATH'S-HEAD MOTH, (see DEATH). [A.S. moþþe, mohþe; Ger. motte.]
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