puḷuvu
Phonetic
[puɭu.vu]
English: Translation
Moth
Tamil: Translation
அந்துப்பூச்சி
Hindi: Translation
कीट
Telugu: Translation
చిమ్మట
Definition (deprecated)
An insect with two pairs of broad wings covered in microscopic scales, typically drably coloured and held flat when at rest. Moths are chiefly nocturnal, and lack the clubbed antennae of butterflies.
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Insects and small creatures
Example Sentence
These bats are strictly insectivorous and may be further limited in diet to moths and butterflies.
Dialect
Paliyan. ISO 639-3. pcf.