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peppered moths

peppered moths is the plural of peppered moth.

Meaning of peppered moth

Noun

peppered moth (plural peppered moths)

  1. A light-coloured species of night-flying moth, Biston betularia.
    • At the start of the Industrial Revolution, the common, light-coloured peppered moth stood out in the soot-covered landscape around coal plants.2015 May 21, Victoria Schlesinger, “Backyard evolution”, in Aeon, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018

Questions about peppered moths

What is peppered moths the plural of?
Peppered moths is the plural of peppered moth.

Words near peppered moths in the dictionary

  1. peppercorns
  2. peppercorny
  3. peppercress
  4. peppered
  5. peppered moth
  6. peppered moths
  7. peppered up
  8. Pepperell
  9. pepperer
  10. pepperers
  11. pepperette

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