moth

Blanche was a fragile white moth beating against the unbreakable sides of a 1000 watt bulb.

Thomas Harris tipped his hat to Fowles in The Silence of the Lambs when he created the moth-loving antagonist Jame Gumb.

For a contemporary manifestation of this moth-eaten brand of tyranny, look no further than Hamas-ruled Gaza.

What does it mean for a Chinese tiger, stuffed by the English, to be left as moth-food today?

The (p. 325) moth, whose egg produces these larv, is a large white miller of unusual size and prolificness.

Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.

I also saw the clerk busy folding up a moth-eaten velvet pall—not a sight for Christmas Day.

Spinning—he was for ever spinning, like a tireless moth through a fiery air; and the world went roaring past.

White Moth—strands from an Ostrich, wings from a white Pigeon, a white hackle for legs, and a black head.