n.
an Australian moth, Doratifera vulnerans. The larva has at each endof the body four tubercles bearing stinging hairs. (`Standard.')
·vt A goad; incitement. II. Sting ·vt The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. III. Stin...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·noun A <<Mote>>. II. Moth ·noun Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes an...
Heb. ash, from a root meaning "to fall away," as moth-eaten garments fall to pieces (Job 4:19; 13:28...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
By the Hebrew word we are certainly to understand some species of clothes-moth (tinea). Reference to...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Stingray>>. ...
A fish, Trygon pastinaca, which wounds with a serrate bone, lying in a sheath on the upper side of i...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva ...
·- Any moth of the family Sphingidae, of which there are numerous genera and species. They are large...
·- A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each ...
·- A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bea...
·vt To eat or prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. ...
·- A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Euro...
·- A common gray European moth (Halia vauaria) having a V-shaped spot of dark brown on each of the f...