What does bee moth mean?

bee moth means "moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs".

What is another word for bee moth?

Close synonyms include wax moth, Galleria mellonella. 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 bee moth a common word?

bee moth is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Bee moth — meaning and 2 synonyms

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs
Synonymswax moth Galleria mellonella
Broaderpyralid
Part ofGalleria

Questions about bee moth

What does bee moth mean?: bee moth means "moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs".
What is another word for bee moth?: Close synonyms include wax moth, Galleria mellonella. 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.

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