| NOUN | animal | clothes moth | any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens |
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| Meaning | Any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens. | |
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| Narrower | casemaking clothes moth, Tinea pellionella | The larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins / spins |
| webbing clothes moth, webbing moth, Tineola bisselliella | moth that forms a web in which it lives | |
| Broader | tineid, tineid moth | small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur |
| Spanish | polilla | |
| Catalan | arna | |
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