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mothwing

mothwing noun: the wing of a moth.

Noun

mothwing (plural mothwings)

  1. The wing of a moth.
    • The doorway swarms grey with mothwings.2004, Nilanjana S. Roy, A Matter of Taste: The Penguin Book of Indian Writing on Food

Forms of mothwing

pluralmothwings

Origin of mothwing

From moth + wing.

Questions about mothwing

What does mothwing mean?
Mothwing means the wing of a moth.
What part of speech is mothwing?
Mothwing is a noun.
What is the plural of mothwing?
The plural of mothwing is mothwings.

Words near mothwing in the dictionary

  1. mothproofers
  2. mothproofing
  3. mothproofings
  4. mothproofs
  5. moths
  6. mothwing
  7. mothwings
  8. mothy
  9. Mothzilla
  10. motia
  11. Motibot

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