arctiid moth

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   stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars

   Synonymsarctiid

   Broadermoth

   Narrowertiger mothcinnabar

   Part ofArctiidae

Questions about arctiid moth

What does arctiid moth mean?

arctiid moth means "stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars".

What is another word for arctiid moth?

Close synonyms include arctiid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is arctiid moth a common word?

arctiid moth is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.