ermine moth

English

Etymology

From the resemblance to ermine.

Noun

ermine moth (plural ermine moths)

  1. A white moth with black spots (especially Yponomeuta padella of Europe).
  2. Any of certain white bombycid moths of America.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ermine moth in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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