"tiger moth" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tiger moths [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tiger moth (plural tiger moths)
  1. Certain stout-bodied moths of the family Arctiidae. Categories (lifeform): Noctuoid moths Translations (moth of the family Arctiidae): siilikehrääjä (Finnish), siilikäs (Finnish), Bärenspinner [masculine] (German), leamhan tíograch [masculine] (Irish), żarżur [masculine] (Maltese), медве́дица (medvédica) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tiger_moth-en-noun-lw6eKX9L Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Derived forms: agreeable tiger moth (taxonomic: Spilosoma congrua), figured tiger moth (taxonomic: Apantesis figurata), garden tiger moth (taxonomic: Arctia caja), great tiger moth (taxonomic: Arctia caja), Jersey tiger moth (taxonomic: Euplagia quadripunctaria), Maltese ruby tiger moth (taxonomic: Phragmatobia fuliginosa melitensis), marbled tiger moth (taxonomic: Nyctemera coleta), parthenice tiger moth (alt: syn. Grammia parthenice) (taxonomic: Apantesis parthenice), scarlet tiger moth (taxonomic: Callimorpha dominula), Virginia tiger moth (taxonomic: Spilosoma virginica), white tiger moth (taxonomic: Nyctemera coleta), yellow tiger moth (taxonomic: Arctia flavia)

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