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ermine moth

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
er-mine -moth
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A white moth with black spots (especially Yponomeuta padella of Europe).

noun

Any of the family Yponomeutidae.

noun

Any of certain white bombycid moths of America.

Etymology

From the resemblance to ermine.

Inflected Forms

ermine moths (plural)

Phrases

American ermine moth apple ermine moth apple small ermine moth bird-cherry ermine buff ermine moth chestnut ermine moth hop-tree ermine moth juniper ermine moth

Questions

What does ermine moth mean?
A white moth with black spots (especially Yponomeuta padella of Europe).
Where does ermine moth come from?
From the resemblance to ermine.

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