moths
/mɑðz/ · noun
Meaning
- A small particle; a speck.
- A meeting for discussion.
- A body of persons who meet for discussion, especially about the management of affairs.
- A place of meeting for discussion.
- A tiny computer for remote sensing; a component element of smartdust.
- A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
- Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
- To hunt for moths.
- The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.
- A liver spot, especially an irregular or feathery one.
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