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moth artinya

ngengat

/mɒθ//mɔθ/

moth in Indonesian: ngengat, gegat. In English, moth means 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.

Indonesian words for moth

insect similar to a butterfly
ngengat, gegat

English meaning of moth

  1. noun 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.
  2. noun Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.
  3. verb To hunt for moths.
  4. noun A moth bean plant (Vigna aconitifolia).

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Questions about moth in Indonesian

What is the meaning of moth in Indonesian?
Moth in Indonesian is ngengat, gegat.
Apa arti moth?
Moth: ngengat, gegat.
What does moth mean in English?
Moth means 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.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moth (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Indonesian words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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