Moth

Definitions

1. Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
2. A moth bean plant (Vigna aconitifolia).
   countable, uncountable
3. A girlfriend.
   Ireland, slang
4. Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
   figuratively
5. A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
   dated

Equivalents

Examples

“Earless ghost swift moths become⟳ “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close⟳ (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.”

“So that, dear lords, if I be left behind, / A moth of peace, and he go to the war, / The rites for which I love⟳ him are bereft me, / And I a heavy interim shall support⟳ / By his dear absence. Let⟳ me go with him.”

“To remove⟳ moth patches, wash⟳ the spots with a solution of common bicarbonate of soda and water several times a day, until the patches are removed, which will usually be in forty-eight hours.”

“Craves for sour things, chalks and eggs, fatty people with light⟳ brown spots on the face⟳ or liver spots, moth patches on forehead and cheek.”

“There are signs of liver affections as weakness, yellow complexion, liver spots, and moth spot like⟳ a saddle over the nose.”

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