Moth Meaning in Spanish

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1. (n.) Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
2. (n.) A mote.
3. (n.) Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.
4. (n.) Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvae of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvae of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.
5. (n.) Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

1. (v. t.) To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment.

1. (a.) Full of moths.

1. (n.) A film or membrane which is developed on the surface of fermented alcoholic liquids, such as vinegar, wine, etc., and acts as a means of conveying the oxygen of the air to the alcohol and other combustible principles of the liquid, thus leading to their oxidation.
2. (n.) Hysterical passion; hysteria.
3. (n.) That which has produced or nurtured anything; source of birth or origin; generatrix.
4. (n.) An old woman or matron.
5. (a.) Received by birth or from ancestors; native, natural; as, mother language; also acting the part, or having the place of a mother; producing others; originating.
6. (n.) A female parent; especially, one of the human race; a woman who has borne a child.
7. (n.) The female superior or head of a religious house, as an abbess, etc.
8. (v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.
9. (v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter; to perform the duties of a mother to.

1. (n.) The mother of ones husband or wife.

1. (a.) Naked as when born.

1. (n.) The hard pearly internal layer of several kinds of shells, esp. of pearl oysters, river mussels, and the abalone shells; nacre. See Pearl.

1. (n.) An aromatic plant (Thymus Serphyllum); -- called also wild thyme.

1. (imp. & p. p.) of Mother
2. (a.) Thick, like mother; viscid.