Moth vs. Butterfly

Mothnoun

A usually nocturnal insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from butterflies by feather-like antennae.

Mothnoun

(figurative) Anything that gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing.

Mothnoun

The plant Vigna aconitifolia, moth bean.

Mothverb

(intransitive) To hunt for moths.

Mothnoun

A mote.

Mothnoun

Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.

Mothnoun

Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.

Mothnoun

Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvæ of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvæ of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.

Mothnoun

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

Mothnoun

typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

Moth

Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described.

Butterflynoun

A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.

Butterflynoun

A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.

Butterflynoun

(swimming) The butterfly stroke.

Butterflynoun

Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.

Butterflyverb

(transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.

Butterflyverb

(transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.

Butterflynoun

A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.

Butterflynoun

diurnal insect typically having a slender body with knobbed antennae and broad colorful wings

Butterflynoun

a swimming stroke in which the arms are thrown forward together out of the water while the feet kick up and down

Butterflyverb

flutter like a butterfly

Butterflyverb

cut and spread open, as in preparation for cooking;

Butterflyverb

talk or behave amorously, without serious intentions;

Butterflynoun

a nectar-feeding insect with two pairs of large, typically brightly coloured wings that are covered with microscopic scales. Butterflies are distinguished from moths by having clubbed or dilated antennae, holding their wings erect when at rest, and being active by day.

Butterflynoun

having a two-lobed shape resembling the spread wings of a butterfly

Butterflynoun

a showy or frivolous person

Butterflynoun

a fluttering and nauseous sensation felt in the stomach when one is nervous.

Butterflynoun

a stroke in swimming in which both arms are raised out of the water and lifted forwards together.

Butterflyverb

split (a piece of meat or fish) almost in two and spread it out flat

Butterfly

Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.