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Meanings of moths in English

Russian
моли
Portuguese
traça
Spanish
polillas
Catalan
arna
Wikidata

Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera.

Related terms
моли
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Examples for "moth"
Examples for "moth"
1
The slake-moth wheeled nervously over the dangerous city and headed for home.
Perdido Street Station
2
Kitty had just caught a moth in the flame of the candle.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
3
The second moth followed the first, and the spray showered the apron.
A Girl of the Limberlost
4
He made the moth his starting-point in seeking to regenerate the race.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
5
The moth came out at once; but its glorious colours never developed.
Mushrooms on the Moor
Usage of moths in English
1
Clothes moths were brought to this country from Europe by early settlers.
The new yorker
2
The moths came no more; the bees forsook her for the bluebells.
"Wee Tim'rous Beasties": Studies of Animal life and Character
3
Then we closed the ventilators and released the moths in the conservatory.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
4
Facebook Twitter Pinterest Guardian developers: moths to the flame of new technology.
The Guardian
5
Now see how careful you can be in bringing in the moths.
The Story of Silk
6
It is no longer simply the larvae, the moths, and the butterflies.
Poe's children: the new horror : an anthology
7
They were equipped specifically to defend against slake-moths, in case of escapes.
Perdido Street Station
8
Butterflies and moths are much alike in appearance but differ in habit.
Agriculture for Beginners / Revised Edition
9
The walls were covered with cocoons; moths and dragonflies were pinned everywhere.
A Girl of the Limberlost
10
The smell does very little to prevent the havoc of the moths.
The Life of the Fly; With Which are Interspersed Some Chapters o...
11
It's just tragic that they are being eaten by moths, said Walsh.
Reuters
12
The Ruben I remembered kept a family of moths in his billfold.
A knife edge
13
The moths couple as a rule about eight o'clock in the morning.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 492, June 6, 1885
14
A loon cried out on the lake; moths battered the stoop light.
Bag of Bones
15
All lepidopterists mention the wet condition of the moths when they emerge.
Moths of the Limberlost: A Book About Limberlost Cabin
16
The flakes came fluttering to the windows like endless swarms of moths.
The Indian Lily and Other Stories
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Translations for moths
Portuguese
traçamariposa
Catalan
arna
Moths through the time
Moths across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common