Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Ringworm.
  • noun A notable genus of moths, typical of the family Tineidæ and superfamily Tineina.
  • noun A moth of this genus or some related one; a tineid.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Med.) A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See ringworm, and sycosis.
  • noun (Zoöl.) A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the subfamily Tineinae — clothes moths.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun infections of the skin or nails caused by fungi and appearing as itching circular patches
  • noun type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths

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