moth-er
noun/ˈmɒðə/UK/ˈmɔðɚ/US/ˈmɑðɚ/
Etymology
Coined from moth + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (occupational suffix) by analogy to mouser, with the hyphen kept to avoid confusion with mother (“female parent”).
Definitions
A person (especially an entomologist) or animal that catches moths.
- Modern moth-ers use black lights, mercury vapor lamps, and portable generators to saturate the night sky[.]
- Many species of bats are skilled ‘moth-ers’: they pursue them at speed after detecting them[.]
- Real moth-ers, mothies or lepidopterists, will use a mercury vapour bulb and even a special trap[.]
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA