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indian meal moth

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.44 in modern English

Syllables
in-di-an meal -moth
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.

Inflected Forms

Indian meal moths (plural) Indianmeal moth (alternative) Indian-meal moth (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

mealworm

Synonyms

pantry moth mealworm moth weevil moth

Questions

What does indian meal moth mean?
Plodia interpunctella, a species of moth that feeds on dried foodstuffs and feedstuffs, especially meal, flour, nuts, and fruit.

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