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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several small moths of the family Plutellidae, having front wings that reveal diamond-shaped spots when folded, especially Plutella xylostella, whose larvae are pests of cabbage and other cruciferous plants.
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