'Puss moth' definitions:

Definition of 'Puss moth'

From: GCIDE
  • Puss \Puss\ (p[.u]s), n. [Cf. D. poes, Ir. & Gael. pus.]
  • 1. A cat; -- a fondling appellation. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A hare; -- so called by sportsmen. [1913 Webster]
  • Puss in the corner, a game in which all the players but one occupy corners of a room, or certain goals in the open air, and exchange places, the one without a corner endeavoring to get a corner while it is vacant, leaving some other without one.
  • Puss moth (Zool.), any one of several species of stout bombycid moths belonging to Cerura, Harpyia, and allied genera, esp. Harpyia vinuli, of Europe. The larv[ae] are humpbacked, and have two caudal appendages. [1913 Webster]