moth

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
2. Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Verb

To hunt for moths.

Conceptos

polilla

mariposa

mariposa nocturna

heterócero

mosca

falena

geómetras

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/mɒθ/

Etimología (Inglés)

From Middle English moth, moththe, motthe, moght, mohþe, mouȝte, from Old English moþþe, mohþe, mohþa (“moth”), from Proto-West Germanic *moþþō, *mottō, from Proto-Germanic *muþþô, *muttô (“moth, worm”), from Proto-Indo-European *mutn-, *mut- (“worm”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Motte (“moth”), West Frisian mot (“moth”), Dutch mot (“moth”), German Low German Motte, Mott (“moth”), German Motte (“moth”), Swedish mott (“moth”).