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Carpet moths are often the
larvæ of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under
Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.

4. Anything which gradually and silently
eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Moth blight (Zoöl.), any plant
louse of the genus Aleurodes, and related genera. They are
injurious to various plants. -- Moth gnat
(Zoöl.), a dipterous insect of the genus
Bychoda, having fringed wings. -- Moth
hunter (Zoöl.), the goatsucker. --
Moth miller (Zoöl.), a clothes
moth. See Miller, 3, (a). -- Moth
mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus
Verbascum (V. Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped
yellow or whitish flowers.

Moth"-eat` (?), v. t. To eat or
prey upon, as a moth eats a garment. [Rarely used except in the
form moth-eaten, p. p. or a.]

Ruin and neglect have so moth-eaten
her.

Sir T. Herbert.

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