Moth

Etymology 1
Germanic: from moþþe, cognate with Dutch mot, German Motte.

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1) A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

Synonyms

 * lep

Derived terms

 * almond moth
 * almond tree leaf skeletoniser moth, almond tree leaf skeletonizer moth
 * antler moth
 * apple-moth
 * atlas moth
 * autumnal moth
 * bagworm moth
 * black witch moth
 * Bogong moth
 * bagworm moth
 * bee moth
 * black-arched moth
 * brimstone moth
 * brown-tailed moth, brown-tail moth, browntail moth
 * burnet companion moth
 * burnet moth
 * cabbage moth
 * carpet moth
 * case moth
 * cecropia moth
 * cinnabar moth
 * clothes moth
 * clothing moth
 * codlin moth, codling moth
 * comet moth
 * cotton leafworm moth
 * cup moth
 * death's head moth
 * diamond-back moth, diamondback moth
 * dot moth
 * Douglas-fir tussock moth
 * emperor moth


 * ermine moth
 * garden tiger moth
 * geometer moth
 * ghost moth
 * goat moth
 * gooseberry-moth
 * grass moth
 * giant leopard moth
 * gipsy moth, gypsy moth
 * hag moth
 * hawk moth, hawk-moth, hawkmoth
 * honeycomb moth
 * imperial moth
 * Indian meal moth
 * io moth
 * kitten-moth
 * lackey moth
 * lappet moth
 * leaf roller moth
 * leek moth
 * leopard moth
 * light brown apple moth
 * lobster moth
 * luna moth
 * magpie moth
 * many-plumed moth
 * Mediterranean flour moth
 * mint moth
 * moth ball, moth-ball, mothball
 * moth blight
 * moth-borer
 * moth-eaten
 * mothed
 * mothen
 * Mother Shipton moth


 * moth flower
 * moth fly
 * moth freckle
 * moth-fretted
 * moth-fretten
 * moth gnat
 * moth-hunter
 * mothless
 * moth-like, mothlike
 * moth miller
 * moth mullein
 * moth orchid
 * moth patch
 * moth-proof, mothproof
 * moth sphinx
 * moth spot
 * moth-time
 * mothweed
 * moth wing
 * mothwort
 * mothy
 * mouse moth
 * night moth
 * November moth
 * nun moth
 * ochre-winged hag moth
 * oriental leafworm moth
 * owlet moth
 * owl moth
 * painted apple moth
 * pale November moth
 * Pandora sphinx moth
 * pasture day moth
 * pear leaf blister moth
 * peppered moth
 * plume moth


 * polyphemus moth
 * processionary moth
 * pug-moth
 * puss moth
 * rabbit moth
 * rusty tussock moth
 * satin moth
 * scarlet tiger moth
 * shipton moth
 * short-cloaked moth
 * silkworm moth
 * slug moth
 * snout moth
 * southern flannel moth
 * sphinx moth
 * summer fruit tortrix moth
 * swallow-tailed moth
 * tapestry moth
 * tiger moth
 * turnip moth
 * tussock moth
 * unicorn moth
 * veneer moth
 * vine moth, vine-moth
 * wax moth
 * western tussock moth
 * wheat moth
 * white-marked tussock moth
 * white witch moth
 * winter moth
 * witch moth
 * yellow-shouldered slug moth
 * Y moth
 * yucca moth

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: عثة, (Algeria) (bufrtutu)
 * Armenian:
 * Azeri: güvə
 * Basque:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bosnian: moljac, leptirica
 * Bulgarian: молец (molec), нощна пеперуда (nošta peperuda)
 * Catalan: arna
 * Chichewa: balaula
 * Chinese: 蛾 (é)
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: पतंगा (patangā), परवाना (parvāna)
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: mölur
 * Indonesian: ngengat, gegat
 * Italian:
 * Indonesian: ngengat, gegat
 * Italian:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 蛾 (が, ga)
 * Korean: 나방 (nabang)
 * Latin: ,
 * Lojban: toldi
 * Malay:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: nattsvermer
 * Persian: (bid),  (parvāne)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: leòman
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:, лептирица
 * Roman: moljac, leptirica
 * Slovene: vešča, molj (clothes moth)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: gamugamo
 * Thai: ตัวมอด
 * Turkish:
 * Udi:
 * Ukrainian: міль
 * Urdu: (patangā),  (parvāna)
 * Volapük: neitapab,  neitahipab,  neitajipab,  neitapabül
 * Udi:
 * Ukrainian: міль
 * Urdu: (patangā),  (parvāna)
 * Volapük: neitapab,  neitahipab,  neitajipab,  neitapabül

Verb

 * 1)  To hunt for moths.

Derived terms

 * mothing

Noun
moth


 * 1) The plant Vigna aconitifolia, known as moth bean.

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