Meaning of miller moth | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Any of several species of moths with pale, dusty wings.
2. Any of the cutworm moths in genus Agrotis or in tribe Agrotini,
3. especially an army cutworm (Euxoa auxiliaris), in America.
4. Any moth of species Acronicta leporina, in Britain.
5. A goat moth (Cossus cossus).

Examples

“One of those small white moths, known as '• millers," went past him. […]. Even the miller-moth had gone.”

“[H]e saw⟳ one of those great white miller's souls as we call⟳ 'em—that is to say⟳, a miller-moth—come⟳ from William's open⟳ mouth while he slept, and fly⟳ straight away.”

“They caught a large moth called a miller for its dusty white wings, […] after which they crushed the miller-moth for his misdeeds.”

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