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carpet moth

noun

  1. a clothes moth, Trichophaga tapetzella, the larvae of which infest carpets and other woolen articles.

carpet moth

noun

  1. any of several geometrid moths with black- (or brown-)and-white mottled wings

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Word History and Origins

Origin of carpet moth1

First recorded in 1855–60

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Word History and Origins

Origin of carpet moth1

C19: so named from the patterns on their wings

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Example Sentences

The Fur or Skin Moth works like the carpet moth: it makes itself a case of the same form, and constructs it in the same manner.

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