moth

Meaning

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.

Concepts

moth

butterfly

insect

miller

moths

butterflies

beetle

bug

fly

bagworm

clothes’ moth

mahogany

mole

clothes-moth

xbutterfly

borer

grub

Lepidopter

lepidopteran

silkworm moth

butterfly moth

butterfly moths

true butterflies

true butterfly

kind of insect

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɒθ/

Etymology

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”).