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webworm moths

webworm moths is the plural of webworm moth.

Meaning of webworm moth

Noun

webworm moth (plural webworm moths)

  1. Any moth whose larvae inhabit web-like structures.
    • He shuffled along next to Randall, his hand wrapped up to the wrist in gauze and tape so that it looked like a webworm moth nest wound tight in a pecan tree, a yarn of larvae eating at the ripe green leaves beneath to burst forth in black-winged flurry in the throat-closing heat of fall.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 132

Questions about webworm moths

What is webworm moths the plural of?
Webworm moths is the plural of webworm moth.

Words near webworm moths in the dictionary

  1. Webwide
  2. webwork
  3. webworks
  4. webworm
  5. webworm moth
  6. webworm moths
  7. webworms
  8. webzine
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  10. WEC
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