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fox moth

noun

  1. a coppery-brown European eggar moth, Macrothylacia rubi , whose black-and-yellow woolly larvae are commonly found on heather and bramble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“It’s so nice to land at an airfield where you can get hot buttered toast. So many airfields are strictly Boys Only, with a cold sitting room for the ladies, usually empty. Heaven help you if you can’t get off the airfield before blackout—I had to spend the night in the back of a Fox Moth once. I nearly froze to death.”

Maddie looked away, her eyes welling with tears of envy at the thought of a frozen lonely night in the back of a Fox Moth.

She remembered how she’d nearly wept with envy at Dympna’s description of having to spend the night in the back of a Fox Moth and nearly freezing to death.

Pretend it’s the back of a Fox Moth—it’s just as cold.

Fox moth is chiefly found on heaths and commons, and lives in the caterpillar state all the winter.

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