Meanings
Noun
1. moth
Alt. forms
Kanji used
moth
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
poisonous moth
owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid
silkworm moth; silk moth (Bombyx mori)
garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)
Lepidoptera
Tinea translucens (species of clothes moth)
geometer moth; geometrid
hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae); hawkmoth; sphinx moth
swift moth (Hepialidae spp., esp. Endoclita excrescens)
Japanese oak silkmoth (Antheraea yamamai)
Chelonomorpha japona (species of owlet moth)
Indian owlet-moth (Spirama retorta)
lobster moth (Stauropus fagi persimilis)
Examples (2 in total)
Moths are attracted by light.
Is it a butterfly or a moth?