Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A cosmopolitan gelechiid moth, Phthorimæa operculella, whose larva attacks potato tubers and also mines the leaves of tobacco.
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Allotment holders throughout the country hope the order will be read out to any wireworm or potato-moth that attempts to land at our ports.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917 Various
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