carpet moth

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English

Tinea pellionella

Noun

carpet moth (plural carpet moths)

  1. The moth Trichophaga tapetzella.
    Synonym: tapestry moth
  2. The moth Tinea pellionella.
    Synonym: tapestry moth
  3. Synonym of carpet (“any of a number of moths in the geometrid subfamily Larentiinae”)

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