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clothes moth

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tineid, tineid moth

Narrower terms: casemaking clothes moth, Tinea pellionella, webbing clothes moth, webbing moth, Tineola bisselliella

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: tenjë — moth
  • Bulgarian: молец (molec) — moth
  • Catalan: arna de la roba — moth
  • Czech: mol šatní — moth
  • Dutch: klerenmot — moth
  • Dutch: kleermot — moth
  • Esperanto: tineo — moth
  • Estonian: koi — moth
  • Estonian: koiliblikas — moth
  • Estonian: riidekoi — moth
  • Faroese: mølur — moth
  • Faroese: klædnamølur — moth
  • French: mite des vêtements — moth
  • French: teigne — moth
  • French: mite — moth
  • Galician: couza — moth
  • Galician: trilla — moth
  • Galician: traza — moth
  • German: Kleidermotte — moth
  • Hungarian: ruhamoly — moth
  • Italian: tignola dei panni — moth
  • Japanese: 衣蛾 (iga) — moth
  • Lithuanian: kandis — moth
  • Navajo: chʼosh ałchozhii — moth
  • Polish: mól — moth
  • Portuguese: traça-das-roupas — moth
  • Romansh: chamulauna — moth
  • Russian: платяна́я моль (platjanája molʹ) — moth
  • Russian: моль (molʹ) — moth
  • Spanish: polilla de la ropa — moth
  • Swedish: klädesmal — moth
  • Tagalog: polilya — moth
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوكه (güğe) — moth
  • Volapük: tarm — moth
  • Welsh: gwyfyn dillad — moth
  • Yup'ik: lumarrallertuyuli — moth