Moth \Moth\ (m[o^]th), n.
   A mote. [Obs.] --Shak.
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	Moth \Moth\, n.; pl. Moths (m[o^]thz). [OE. mothe, AS.
   mo[eth][eth]e; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and
   prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. Mad, n., Mawk.]
   1. (Zool.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not
      included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io
      moth; hawk moth.
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   2. (Zool.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments,
      grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth.
      See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.
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   3. (Zool.) Any one of various other insects that destroy
      woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several
      species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and
      Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of
      Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet,
      Dermestes, Anthrenus.
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   4. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or
      wastes any other thing.
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   Moth blight (Zool.), any plant louse of the genus
      Aleurodes, and related genera. They are injurious to
      various plants.

   Moth gnat (Zool.), a dipterous insect of the genus
      Bychoda, having fringed wings.

   Moth hunter (Zool.), the goatsucker.

   Moth miller (Zool.), a clothes moth. See Miller, 3,
      (a) .

   Moth mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus Verbascum
      (Verbascum Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped yellow
      or whitish flowers.
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	moth
     n : typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout
         body and feathery or hairlike antennae

	

	Moth
   Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten
   garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa. 50:9; 51:8; Hos.
   5:12).
   
     Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt. 6:19, 20; Luke 12:33. Allusion
   is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the
   clothes-moth. This is the only lepidopterous insect referred to
   in Scripture.