VAPOURER

Etymology

Noun

vapourer (plural vapourers)

Any of several tussock moths (family Erebidae, subfamily Lymantriinae), especially of the genus Orgyia.

(archaic) One who vapours; a braggart.

Source: Wiktionary



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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