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Tinea [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A name applied to various skin diseases, but especially to ringworm. See Ringworm, and Sycosis.

2. A genus of small Lepidoptera, including the clothes moths and carpet moths.

Tinean [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Any species of Tinea, or of the family Tineidae, which includes numerous small moths, many of which are injurious to woolen and fur goods and to cultivated plants. Also used adjectively.