carpet moth
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Noun
[edit]carpet moth (plural carpet moths)
- The moth Trichophaga tapetzella.
- Synonym: tapestry moth
- The moth Tinea pellionella.
- Synonym: tapestry moth
- Synonym of carpet (“any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae”)
References
[edit]- “carpet moth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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