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Hepialus humuli
Ghost Ghost, n. [OE. gast, gost, soul, spirit, AS. g[=a]st breath, spirit, soul; akin to OS. g?st spirit, soul, D. geest, G. geist, and prob. to E. gaze, ghastly.] 1. The spirit; the soul of man. [Obs.] Then gives her grieved ghost thus to lament. --Spenser. 2. The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. --Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. --Coleridge. 3. Any faint shadowy semblance; an unsubstantial image; a phantom; a glimmering; as, not a ghost of a chance; the ghost of an idea. Each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. --Poe. 4. A false image formed in a telescope by reflection from the surfaces of one or more lenses. Ghost moth (Zo["o]l.), a large European moth (Hepialus humuli); so called from the white color of the male, and the peculiar hovering flight; -- called also great swift. Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit; the Paraclete; the Comforter; (Theol.) the third person in the Trinity. To give up or yield up the ghost, to die; to expire. And he gave up the ghost full softly. --Chaucer. Jacob . . . yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people. --Gen. xlix. 33.

Meaning of Hepialus from wikipedia

- number of species in Hepialus. Most of these are placed in the genus Thitarodes by others. Species retained in Hepialus include: Hepialus humuli was first...
- a moth of the family Hepialidae. It was previously placed in the genus Hepialus. It is a common, often abundant European species. The species was described...
- Antihepialus Species: A. keniae Binomial name Antihepialus keniae (Holland, 1892) Synonyms Hepialus keniae Holland, 1892 Hepialus tanganyicus Rebel, 1914...
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Synonyms Hepialus amasinus Herrich-Schäffer, 1851 Triodia amasina Hepialus dobrogensis Caradja, 1932 Hepialus pinkeri Daniel, 1967...
- Species: T. armoric**** Binomial name Thitarodes armoric**** (Oberthür, 1909) Synonyms Hepialus armoric**** Oberthür, 1909 Hepialus altissima Daniel, 1940...
- Hepialus xiaojinensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in Sichuan, China. The wingspan is 17–19 millimetres (0.67–0.75 in). The...
- Gazoryctra fuscoargenteus (O. Bang-Haas, 1927) Synonyms Hepialus fuscoargenteus O. Bang-Haas, 1927 Hepialus sordida Nordstrom, 1929 Pharmacis fuscoargenteus...
- Synonyms Hepialus californicus Boisduval, 1868 Hepialus sequoiolus Behrens, 1876 Hepialus mendocinolus Behrens, 1876 Hepialus baroni Behrens, 1876 Hepialus rectus...
- Pharmacis pyrenaicus (Donzel, 1838) Synonyms Hepialus pyrenaicus Donzel, 1838 Hepialus pyrenaeus Herrich-****, [1846] Hepialus alticola Oberthur, 1881...
- (Neumoegen and Dyar, 1893) Synonyms Hepialus roseicaput Neumoegen & Dyar, 1893 Hepialus demutatus Barnes & Benjamin, [1926] Hepialus mutatus Barnes & Benjamin,...