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Indian-meal moth

Indian-meal moth is the alternative form of Indian meal moth.

Meaning of Indian meal moth

Noun

Indian meal moth (plural Indian meal moths)

  1. Plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.
    Synonyms:
    pantry moth, mealworm moth, weevil moth

Forms of Indian-meal moth

pluralIndian-meal moths

Questions about Indian-meal moth

What is Indian-meal moth the alternative form of?
Indian-meal moth is the alternative form of Indian meal moth.

Words near Indian-meal moth in the dictionary

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  2. Indian yellow
  3. Indian's dream
  4. Indian-American
  5. Indian-Americans
  6. Indian-meal moth
  7. Indiana
  8. Indiana bat
  9. Indiana bats
  10. Indiana County
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Indian-meal moth (page history and authors); Indian meal moth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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