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flour moth

noun

a pyralid moth, Ephestia Kuehniella, the larvae of which are an important pest of flour mills and granaries

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Nearby words

flounder, flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, flourish, flourishing, floury, flout, flow
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