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PRONUNCIATION OF WAVE MOTH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAVE MOTH

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Wave moth is a noun.
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WHAT DOES WAVE MOTH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wave moth in the English dictionary

The definition of wave moth in the dictionary is any of several small geometrid moths with wavy markings, such as the common wave, with grey-marked wings, and the lighter common white wave Often shortened to: wave.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAVE MOTH

wave
wave down
wave energy
wave equation
wave farm
wave function
wave mechanics
wave number
wave power
wave speed
wave theory
wave train
wave velocity
wave-and-pay
wave-cut platform
waveband
waved umber
waveform
wavefront
waveguide

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAVE MOTH

brown house moth
buff-tip moth
clothes moth
codling moth
death´s-head moth
diamondback moth
emperor moth
giant peacock moth
gipsy moth
gypsy moth
hawk moth
hummingbird moth
luna moth
mammoth
oak processionary moth
puss moth
silver-Y moth
sphinx moth
tiger moth
tussock moth
wax moth

Synonyms and antonyms of wave moth in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «wave moth» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAVE MOTH

Find out the translation of wave moth to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wave moth from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wave moth» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波蛾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ola moth
570 millions of speakers

English

wave moth
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लहर कीट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

موجة فراشة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волна моли
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

traça onda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তরঙ্গ মথ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

carpocapse de la vague
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rama gelombang
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Welle Motte
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

波蛾
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

웨이브 나방
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Gelombang moth
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sóng bướm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலை அந்துப்பூச்சி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लहर पतंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Dalga güvesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

onda falena
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fala ćma
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хвиля молі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

molie val
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κύμα σκώρος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

golf mot
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

våg moth
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

wave møll
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wave moth

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVE MOTH»

The term «wave moth» is barely ever used and occupies the 200.337 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wave moth

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAVE MOTH»

Discover the use of wave moth in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wave moth and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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the origin and history of british fauna
... 92, 93, 94 Shetland starling, 92 Shetland wren, 93 ships, importations in, 17 short-tailed voles, 90, 91, 121 shrimps, 15, 104, 120, 1 50 silky wave moth, 96 silver-barred moth, 113, 114, 117, 122 silver-studded blue butterfly, 105 Sitta undata, ...
2
The Entomologist's Useful Compendium: Or, an Introduction to ...
Wasp ——,' Hornet Wave Moth, common 389 — , small-dotted 405 [Wing Cases White thorn hedges, time for collecting insects from 315 Willow, pale mottled 401 Widow, mourning 368 Wing-bones, PterigostiaSi Wings, their form and structure ...
Georges Samouelle, 1819
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A Nomenclature of British Entomology: Or a Catalogue of ...
... rosy 408 , rush 425, 436 , narrow- winged 409 Vertebrosa, anatomical character of the 75 Vertex 30 Wave Moth, small dusty wave 423 , small fan-fuoi 434 , mullein ib. , plain 423 , ribband ib. , rosy ib. , sandy 383 , satiny 423 , subangled ib.
George Samouelle, 1819
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Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
... Gold-spotted Ghost Moth Graceful Ghost Moth Lupulina Ghost Moth Gooseberry Barkminer Yucca Moth Ridings' Fairy Moth Purple Fairy Moth Yellow Wave Moth Speckled Xylesthia Burrowing Webworm Dark Grass-Tubeworm Dark -collared ...
David Beadle, Seabrooke Leckie, 2012
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Dictionary of Entomology, Plant Pathology and Nematology
Wave Moth: A name for number of Geometrid moths having grey or greenish wavy lines across the wings, e.g. Delinia exanthemata. Weathering: The wearing away of pesticides from the surfaces they were applied to because of rain, snow, ice ...
O. P. Singh, S. K. Srivastava, 1998
6
Nature of Snowdonia
Broom moth caterpillar spotted in Cwm y Llan. Cream wave moth found near the north side of Moel Siabod. Fox moth caterpillar. Small heath butterfly at rest on the shores of Llyn Idwal. Wood tiger moth spotted in Cwm Eigiau in the Carneddau ...
Mike Raine, 2009
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The Book of Field and Roadside: Open-country Weeds, Trees, ...
Common inchworm caterpillars (Geometridae) on dandelion include the confused eusarca (Eusarca confusaria) and many wave moth species. The tufted apple bud moth (Platynota idaeusalis), a tortricid, plus many other moth caterpillars ...
John Andrew Eastman, 2003
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The Horticultural register
Aciddtia degenerdria, the Portland Ribbon-wave Moth. Elenchits IValkeri, the Walkerian Stylops. — Order, Strtpslptera, — Accompanied by a specimen of Hypochceris radiedta, (Long- rooted Cat's-ear.) v □ 2— Edinburgh Philosophical  ...
‎1832
9
Tide and Continuities: Last and First Poems, 1995-1938
Moth wings tickling my window. Gentle as moon-tap on wave. Moth shape changing to woman: My wronged first love. Second change: woman to girl-child: " Open an itty-bitty inch. Ooh, I'm a toothy tooth fairy now. My tummy's cold. Let me in.
Peter Viereck, 1995
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The Structure and Dynamics of Geographic Ranges
Geometrid moth%onsidering the distribution of the silky wave moth Idaea dilutaria in terms of the amount of energy available for development explains some apparently disparate phenomena (Ryrholm 1989). These include the differential ...
Kevin J. Gaston, 2003

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAVE MOTH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wave moth is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rare beauty of the washed-out mountain nymph
Everything I've heard about the silky wave moth puts me in mind of fairy lingerie. ... taking me on a tour of the sites she surveys for the moths in the Avon Gorge. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Once-extinct moth has recolonised large parts of the UK
The small ranunculus moth disappeared from the UK before the Second World ... bright wave moths and more common insects such as the elephant hawk-moth. «The Independent, Jun 12»
3
'Record numbers' of silky wave moths in Avon Gorge
"Record numbers" of a rare species of moth have been recorded in the Avon Gorge in Bristol. The gorge is one of only three places in the UK where silky wave ... «BBC News, Dec 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Wave moth [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/wave-moth>. Apr 2024 ».
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