OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 4838

moth

/mɒθ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
polilla • taraza
Any flying insect of the order Lepidoptera not in the superfamily Papilionoidea, most species of which are nocturnal and can be distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.
Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutt…
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