typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae
"The moth fluttered its fuzzy wings against the porch light, revealing its stout body and delicate antennae as it searched for food in the evening air."
A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
"In the old manuscript, the scribe mistook a speck of dust for a moth and crossed out his correction."
The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.
Obsolete form of mote.
To hunt for moths.
"Every summer, my grandfather drives his truck out to the fields at night just to hunt for moths."
The word moth comes from Old English moþþe, which originally meant any destructive insect larva. This term traces back to Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "worm."