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PERNYI MOTH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
Synonyms:
Antheraea pernyi; pernyi moth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pernyi moth" is a kind of...):
saturniid; saturniid moth (large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons)
Holonyms ("pernyi moth" is a member of...):
Antheraea; genus Antheraea (large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality)