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house moth
noun
- either of two species of micro moth, esp the brown house moth ( Hofmannophila pseudospretella ) which, although it usually inhabits birds' nests, sometimes enters houses where its larvae can be very destructive of stored fabrics and foodstuffs
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Well, sir, I peppered him and Keatinged him just as though he was a house-moth.
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