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Definition of Moths
1. moth [n] - See also: moth
Medical Definition of Moths
1. Insects of the suborder heterocera of the order lepidoptera. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Moths
Literary usage of Moths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation by Thaddeus William Harris (1880)
"CLOTHES-moths. — FEATHER-WINGED moths. THERE are perhaps no insects which are so
commonly and so universally destructive as caterpillars ; they are inferior ..."
2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The Tineidae are a large and important family of small moths (figs. ... This group
includes a few large families of small moths that are linked by their ..."
3. Recreation by George O. Shields, American Canoe Association, League of American Sportsmen (1898)
"You have seen butterflies and moths alive. Have you ever gathered 100 or more of
... The killing of butterflies and moths is an art- Every drug that merely ..."
4. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1885)
"In Europe our moths have been described and studied by two ... But our best
incentive to the study f our moths has been afforded by the example of Lord ..."
5. Biological Bulletin by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) (1914)
"This is a companion paper to the "Auditory Powers of the Catocala moths" by CH
... The paper on the Catocala moths contains both a historical resume and a ..."
6. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"A FEW WORDS ABOUT moths. BY A. 8. PACKARD, JR. THE opportunity of copying a number
of colored figures by Abbot, hitherto unpublished, leads me to say a few ..."
7. A Manual on the Study of Insects by John Henry Comstock, Anna Botsford Comstock (1895)
"The Hawk-moths.—moths in which there appears to be a cross vein between veins II
and III of the hind wings (Fig. 407), p. ..."
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