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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A small moth (
Gelechia cerealella ) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell.
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- noun small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains
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