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chestnut clearwing moth

chestnut clearwing moth noun: a moth of the species Coptotriche perplexa, now extinct due to chestnut blight eradicating the American chestnuts on which it fed.

Noun

chestnut clearwing moth (plural chestnut clearwing moths)

  1. A moth of the species Coptotriche perplexa, now extinct due to chestnut blight eradicating the American chestnuts on which it fed.

Forms of chestnut clearwing moth

pluralchestnut clearwing moths

Questions about chestnut clearwing moth

What does chestnut clearwing moth mean?
Chestnut clearwing moth means a moth of the species Coptotriche perplexa, now extinct due to chestnut blight eradicating the American chestnuts on which it fed.
What part of speech is chestnut clearwing moth?
Chestnut clearwing moth is a noun.
What is the plural of chestnut clearwing moth?
The plural of chestnut clearwing moth is chestnut clearwing moths.

Words near chestnut clearwing moth in the dictionary

  1. chestne
  2. Chestney
  3. chestnut
  4. chestnut blight
  5. chestnut brown
  6. chestnut clearwing moth
  7. chestnut clearwing moths
  8. Chestnut Hill
  9. chestnut munia
  10. chestnut munias
  11. chestnut oak

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