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adj. - Infested with typically crepuscular or nocturnal insects having stout bodies and feathery or hairlike antennae; Worn or eaten away by (or as if by) typically crepuscular or nocturnal insects having stout bodies and feathery or hairlike antennae

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  • British market recalls mothy figs
  • If I pass during some nocturnal blackness, mothy and warm
  • Write to James T. Areddy at james. [email protected] and T.mothy Aeppel at timothy. [email protected]
  • His large head and hands protruded from mothy, leather-patched tweeds, worn corduroy trousers and dark, frayed shirts.
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