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salt marsh moth

salt marsh moth noun: estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots.

salt marsh moth: estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots
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Noun

salt marsh moth (plural salt marsh moths)

  1. Estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots.

Forms of salt marsh moth

pluralsalt marsh moths

Origin of salt marsh moth

From salt marsh + moth.

Questions about salt marsh moth

What does salt marsh moth mean?
Salt marsh moth means estigmene acrea, a fairly common North American tiger moth whose wings are white with black dots.
What part of speech is salt marsh moth?
Salt marsh moth is a noun.
What is the plural of salt marsh moth?
The plural of salt marsh moth is salt marsh moths.

Words near salt marsh moth in the dictionary

  1. Salt March
  2. salt marsh
  3. salt marsh elder
  4. salt marsh hay
  5. salt marsh hays
  6. salt marsh moth
  7. salt marsh moths
  8. salt marshes
  9. salt meat
  10. salt meats
  11. salt mine

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