Hypertext Webster Gateway: "moth"

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

Moth
Heb. 'ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten
garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28; Isa. 50:9; 51:8; Hos.
5:12).

Gr. ses, thus rendered in Matt. 6:19, 20; Luke 12:33. Allusion
is thus made to the destruction of clothing by the larvae of the
clothes-moth. This is the only lepidopterous insect referred to
in Scripture.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Moth \Moth\ (m[o^]th), n.
A mote. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Moth \Moth\, n.; pl. {Moths} (m[o^]thz). [OE. mothe, AS.
mo[eth][eth]e; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and
prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. {Mad}, n., {Mawk}.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not
included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io
moth; hawk moth.

2. (Zo["o]l.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon
garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth;
bee moth. See these terms under {Clothes}, {Grain}, etc.

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of various other insects that destroy
woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larv[ae] of several
species of beetles of the genera {Dermestes} and
{Anthrenus}. Carpet moths are often the larv[ae] of
Anthrenus. See {Carpet beetle}, under {Carpet},
{Dermestes}, {Anthrenus}.

4. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or
wastes any other thing.

{Moth blight} (Zo["o]l.), any plant louse of the genus
{Aleurodes}, and related genera. They are injurious to
various plants.

{Moth gnat} (Zo["o]l.), a dipterous insect of the genus
{Bychoda}, having fringed wings.

{Moth hunter} (Zo["o]l.), the goatsucker.

{Moth miller} (Zo["o]l.), a clothes moth. See {Miller}, 3,
(a) .

{Moth mullein} (Bot.), a common herb of the genus {Verbascum}
({V. Blattaria}), having large wheel-shaped yellow or
whitish flowers.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

moth
n : typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout
body and feathery or hairlike antennae


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