“Death of a Moth”Annie Dillard

Vocabulary

Study

1. earwig

common name for any of the smooth, elongated insects

2. Sow bugs

n. In both senses also called slater, wood louse; also called regionally doodlebug

3. chitin

• chi·tin (ki-tn/)

• Noun: A fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides and forming the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods

4. immolating

Verb: killing as a sacrifice