PEPPERED

pp. Sprinkled with pepper; pelted; spotted.

peppered moth

pep ¦pered moth ▶noun a European moth of woods and gardens, which is typically white with black speckling. In industrial areas sooty brown forms predominate as a result of industrial melanism. ●Biston betularia, family Geometridae.

peppered moth

pep ¦pered moth ▶noun a European moth of woods and gardens, which is typically white with black speckling. In industrial areas sooty brown forms predominate as a result of industrial melanism. ●Biston betularia, family Geometridae.