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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