plume moth

English

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Noun

plume moth (plural plume moths)

1. (zoology) Any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family , most of which have wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes, some species of which are injurious to the grapevine.

   Synonym: pterophorid

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “plume moth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References

• “plume moth”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “plume moth”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “plume moth”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.