GENUS SAMIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Silkworm moths

Synonyms:

genus Samia; Samia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Samia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Samia"):

cynthia moth; Samia cynthia; Samia walkeri (large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus)

ailanthus silkworm; Samia cynthia (large green silkworm of the cynthia moth)

Holonyms ("genus Samia" is a member of...):

family Saturniidae; Saturniidae (important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known)