"clothes moth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: clothes moths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} clothes moth (plural clothes moths)
  1. Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers). Categories (lifeform): Moths Derived forms: common clothes moth Translations (moth): tenjë [feminine] (Albanian), молец (molec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), arna de la roba [feminine] (Catalan), mol šatní [masculine] (Czech), klerenmot [feminine] (Dutch), kleermot [feminine] (Dutch), tineo (Esperanto), koi (Estonian), koiliblikas (Estonian), riidekoi (Estonian), mølur [masculine] (Faroese), klædnamølur [masculine] (Faroese), mite des vêtements [feminine] (French), teigne [feminine] (French), mite [feminine] (French), couza [feminine] (Galician), trilla [feminine] (Galician), traza [feminine] (Galician), Kleidermotte [feminine] (German), ruhamoly (Hungarian), tignola dei panni [feminine] (Italian), 衣蛾 (iga) (Japanese), kandis [feminine] (Lithuanian), chʼosh ałchozhii (Navajo), گوگه (güğe, güve) (Ottoman Turkish), mól [masculine] (Polish), traça-das-roupas [feminine] (Portuguese), chamulauna [feminine] (Romansch), платяна́я моль (platjanája molʹ) [feminine] (Russian), моль (molʹ) [feminine] (Russian), polilla de la ropa [feminine] (Spanish), klädesmal [common-gender] (Swedish), polilya (Tagalog), tarm (Volapük), gwyfyn dillad [masculine] (Welsh), lumarrallertuyuli (Yup'ik)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "moth",
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      "sense": "moth",
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      "sense": "moth",
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