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TIGER MOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tiger moth mean?
• TIGER MOTH (noun)
The noun TIGER MOTH has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears
Familiarity information: TIGER MOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("tiger moth" is a kind of...):
arctiid; arctiid moth (stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars)
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