| moth | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. moth | typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae. |
| ~ lepidopteran, lepidopteron, lepidopterous insect | insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales. |
| ~ moth miller, miller | any of various moths that have powdery wings. |
| ~ tortricid, tortricid moth | any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls. |
| ~ lymantriid, tussock moth | dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees. |
| ~ geometrid, geometrid moth | slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms. |
| ~ pyralid, pyralid moth | usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests. |
| ~ tineoid, tineoid moth | small dull-colored moth with chewing mouthparts. |
| ~ gelechiid, gelechiid moth | small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests. |
| ~ noctuid, noctuid moth, owlet moth | usually dull-colored medium-sized nocturnal moth; the usually smooth-bodied larvae are destructive agricultural pests. |
| ~ hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth | any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed. |
| ~ bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth | moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk. |
| ~ saturniid, saturniid moth | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons. |
| ~ arctiid, arctiid moth | stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars. |
| ~ lasiocampid, lasiocampid moth | medium-sized stout-bodied neutral-colored moths with comb-like antennae. |
| ~ malacosoma americana, tent-caterpillar moth | moth whose larvae are tent caterpillars. |
| grill | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. grill, grillroom | a restaurant where food is cooked on a grill. |
| ~ eatery, eating house, eating place, restaurant | a building where people go to eat. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. grill, grille, grillwork | a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate.; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill" |
| ~ framework | a structure supporting or containing something. |
| v. (change) | 3. grill | cook over a grill.; "grill the sausages" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ cook | transform and make suitable for consumption by heating.; "These potatoes have to cook for 20 minutes" |
| ~ barbecue, barbeque, cook out | cook outdoors on a barbecue grill.; "let's barbecue that meat"; "We cooked out in the forest" |
| ~ hibachi | cook over a hibachi grill. |
| ~ broil, oven broil | cook under a broiler.; "broil fish" |
| v. (communication) | 4. grill | examine thoroughly.; "the student was grilled for two hours on the subject of phonology" |
| ~ examine | question closely. |
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