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house moth

noun

  1. either of two species of micro moth, esp the brown house moth ( Hofmannophila pseudospretella ) which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Well, sir, I peppered him and Keatinged him just as though he was a house-moth.

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