Meanings
nounclothes moth (plural clothes moths)
plural clothes moths
- Any of several small, yellowish or buff-colored moths of the family Tineidae, feeding on textiles (wool, fur, feathers).
Translations
Bulgarian молец
- молец (molec)moth
Catalan arna de la roba
- arna de la robamoth
Czech mol šatní
- mol šatnímoth
Dutch klerenmot, kleermot
- klerenmotmoth
- kleermotmoth
Esperanto tineo
- tineomoth
Estonian koi, koiliblikas
- koimoth
- koiliblikasmoth
- riidekoimoth
Finnish vaatekoi
- vaatekoimoth
French mite des vêtements, teigne
- mite des vêtementsmoth
- teignemoth
- mitemoth
German Kleidermotte
- Kleidermottemoth
Hungarian ruhamoly
- ruhamolymoth
Italian tignola dei panni
- tignola dei pannimoth
Japanese 衣蛾
- 衣蛾 (iga)moth
Lithuanian kandis
- kandismoth
Polish mól
- mólmoth
Portuguese traça-das-roupas
- traça-das-roupasmoth
Russian платяна́я моль, моль
- платяна́я моль (platjanája molʹ)moth
- моль (molʹ)moth
Spanish polilla de la ropa
- polilla de la ropamoth
Swedish klädesmal
- klädesmalmoth
Tagalog polilya
- polilyamoth
Welsh gwyfyn dillad
- gwyfyn dilladmoth
Cite this entry
APA
clothes moth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20moth
MLA
“clothes moth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20moth. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “clothes moth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/clothes%20moth.
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