Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
MOTHS
Noun
moths
plural of moth
Verb
moths
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moth
Source: Wiktionary
MOTH
Moth (môth), n.
Definition: A mote. [Obs.] Shak.
Moth, n.; pl. Moths (môthz). Etym: [OE. mothe, AS. moedhedhe; akin to D. mot, G. motte, Icel. motti, and prob. to E. mad an earthworm. Cf. Mad, n., Mawk.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any nocturnal lepidopterous insect, or any not included among the butterflies; as, the luna moth; Io moth; hawk moth.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any lepidopterous insect that feeds upon garments, grain, etc.; as, the clothes moth; grain moth; bee moth. See these terms under Clothes, Grain, etc.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of various other insects that destroy woolen and fur goods, etc., esp. the larvæ of several species of beetles of the genera Dermestes and Anthrenus. Carpet moths are often the larvæ of Anthrenus. See Carpet beetle, under Carpet, Dermestes, Anthrenus.
4. Anything which gradually and silently eats, consumes, or wastes any other thing. Moth blight (Zoöl.), any plant louse of the genus Aleurodes, and related genera. They are injurious to various plants.
РMoth gnat (Zo̦l.), a dipterous insect of the genus Bychoda, having fringed wings.
РMoth hunter (Zo̦l.), the goatsucker.
РMoth miller (Zo̦l.), a clothes moth. See Miller, 3, (a).
– Moth mullein (Bot.), a common herb of the genus Verbascum (V. Blattaria), having large wheel-shaped yellow or whitish flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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