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Anthrenus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Botfly
noun · 78% connection
A dipterous insect of the family (Estridae, of many different species, some of which are particularly troublesome to domestic animals,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Bots
n. pl. · 78% connection
The larvae of several species of botfly, especially those larvae which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Cankerworm
noun · 78% connection
The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Cutworm
noun · 78% connection
A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Gall
noun · 78% connection
An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenopt…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Geometrid
noun · 78% connection
One of numerous genera and species of moths, of the family Geometridae; -- so called because their larvae (called loopers, measuring w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Hawk moth
unknown · 78% connection
Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large, handsome moths, which fly mostly at…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Heterocera
n. pl. · 78% connection
A division of Lepidoptera, including the moths, and hawk moths, which have the antennae variable in form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Inchworm
noun · 78% connection
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Liparian
noun · 78% connection
Any species of a family (Liparidae) of destructive bombycid moths, as the tussock moths.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Looper
noun · 78% connection
small hairless caterpillar having legs on only its front and rear segments; mostly larvae of moths of the family Geometridae
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Miner
noun · 78% connection
Any of numerous insects which, in the larval state, excavate galleries in the parenchyma of leaves. They are mostly minute moths and d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Moth
noun · 78% connection
Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Noctuid
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous moths of the family Noctuidae, or Noctuaelitae, as the cutworm moths, and armyworm moths; -- so called because the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Notodontian
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.
Ortalidian
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous small two-winged flies of the family Ortalidae. The larvae of many of these flies live in fruit; those of others p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, small, moths, family.