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plume moth

plume moth noun: any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridae, most of which have wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes, some species of which are injurious to the grapevine.

plume moth: any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridae, most of which have...
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Noun

plume moth (plural plume moths)

  1. Any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridae, most of which have wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes, some species of which are injurious to the grapevine.
    Synonyms:
    pterophorid

plume moth meaning in Tamil and Arabic

plume moth in Tamil

இறகுப்பூச்சி

plume moth in Arabic

Pterophoridae-family moth
سَبَّاجِيَّة sabbājiyya

Synonyms of plume moth

Forms of plume moth

pluralplume moths

Questions about plume moth

What does plume moth mean?
Plume moth means any one of numerous small, slender moths, belonging to the family Pterophoridae, most of which have wings deeply divided into two or more plumelike lobes, some species of which are injurious to the grapevine.
What is plume moth in Tamil?
Plume moth in Tamil is இறகுப்பூச்சி. See Plume moth meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is plume moth?
Plume moth is a noun.
What is the plural of plume moth?
The plural of plume moth is plume moths.

Words near plume moth in the dictionary

  1. plume grass
  2. plume grasses
  3. plume head
  4. plume holder
  5. plume holders
  6. plume moth
  7. plume moths
  8. plume nutmeg
  9. plume nutmegs
  10. plume poppies
  11. plume poppy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: plume moth (page history and authors); plume moth (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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