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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 905 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MOTH  , in

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entomology, any lepidopterous
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insect belonging to the
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division Heterocera, as distinguished from the Rhopalocera, or butterflies; formerly confined to the small nocturnal insect (belonging to the genus Tinea), which breeds in
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fur, clothes, &c . (see
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LEPIDOPTERA) . The word in 0 Eng. is moppe, and corresponds to Ger . Motte .

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