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bee moth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.40 in modern English

Syllables
bee -moth
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the species Aphomia sociella.

noun

Any wax moth (Achroia spp.; Galleria mellonella)

noun

Any yellow and black hawk moth, especially genus Hemaris, that resembles a bumblebee, a bumblebee moth.

British usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

bee moths (plural)

Synonyms

wax moth galleria mellonella

Questions

What does bee moth mean?
Any member of the species Aphomia sociella.

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