MOTH
NOUNS
► BADGE a moth of a medium size → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BAT a moth → 1882 N. Ireland
► BOB-BOWLER ► BOB-HOWLER ► BOB-OWLER any large moth → 1878 Eng. dial.
► DRAB a collector’s name for a group of moths → 1819
► LAMP BUG a moth → 1986 Amer. dial.
► LAMP FLY a moth → 1986 Amer. dial.
► LIGHT BUG a moth, beetle, or other insect attracted to light → 1969 Amer. dial.
► LIGHT DABBER a moth attracted to light → 1986 Amer. dial.
► MAUL a moth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MAWT a moth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEGGY a moth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MEGGY-OWLER a butterfly; a large moth → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MILLER 1. any moth often attracted to lights → 1783 Amer. dial.
2. a moth of any kind, esp. a large white moth; also, a white butterfly → 1851 Eng. dial.
► MOGGY a moth → 19C Eng. dial.
► OAK-EGGAR a moth → .1882 Sc.
► PADGE any large butterfly or moth, the colours of which are variegated with white and not brilliant → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS – PERSON
► LEPIDOPTERIST one who studies butterflies and moths → 1826
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