polilla

f.

moth.

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polilla

► nombre femenino

1 moth

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SF (=mariposa) moth; (=oruga) grub; [de la ropa] clothes moth; [de la madera] woodworm; [de libros] bookworm

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femenino

1) (Zool) moth

- polilla de la madera

2) (Per fam) (prostituta) hooker (colloq)

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= bookworm, moth, clothes moth.

Ex. This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.

Ex. Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.

Ex. This is necessary in order to overcome the damage caused by clothes moths and carpet beetles to hosiery and upholstery.

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* lleno de polilla = mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].

* polilla de la alfombra = carpet beetle.

* polilla de la ropa = clothes moth.

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femenino

1) (Zool) moth

- polilla de la madera

2) (Per fam) (prostituta) hooker (colloq)

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= bookworm, moth, clothes moth.

Ex: This article identifies five types of crawling insects which commonly infest libraries: booklice, bookworms, cockroaches, silverfish and termites.

Ex: Animals profiled include buzzards, moths, leeches, jellyfish, snakes, slugs, and toads.

Ex: This is necessary in order to overcome the damage caused by clothes moths and carpet beetles to hosiery and upholstery.

* lleno de polilla = mothy [mothier -comp., mothiest -sup.].

* polilla de la alfombra = carpet beetle.

* polilla de la ropa = clothes moth.

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polilla

feminine

A (Zool) moth

Compuesto:

polilla de la madera

woodworm

B (Per fam) (prostituta) prostitute, hooker (colloq)

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polilla sustantivo femenino (Zool) moth;

◊ polilla de la madera woodworm

polilla sustantivo femenino moth

'polilla' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
apolillada
- apolillado
- comer
- picadura
- revolotear
English:
moth

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polilla nf

moth

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polilla

f ZO moth

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polilla nf

: moth

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polilla n moth