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moth

[mawth, moth] / mɔθ, mɒθ /
NOUN
caterpillar
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Also called the ajo lily, it grows from a deep bulb, has long, wavy-edged leaves and is pollinated by sphinx moths.

From Los Angeles Times

The farm has also recorded significant increases in moths and breeding birds.

From BBC

Since the start of the millennium, Wales has already witnessed the loss of 11 species, with the European turtle dove and belted beauty moth becoming geographically extinct.

From BBC

Daddy would point out the moths, carpenter ants, and roly-poly bugs beneath the bark of dead logs.

From Literature

"Everyone else is like a moth to flame."

From Barron's