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goat moth

noun

Definition of goat moth

: any of the large stout-bodied moths of the family Cossidae especially : a European moth (Cossus cossus) whose larva bores in the wood of living trees

History and Etymology for goat moth

so called from the fact that its larva exhales an odor suggestive of a he-goat

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