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SATURNIID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
Synonyms:
saturniid; saturniid moth
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("saturniid" is a kind of...):
moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saturniid"):
emperor; emperor moth; Saturnia pavonia (large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings)
Eacles imperialis; imperial moth (large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees)
giant silkworm moth; silkworm moth (any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae)
Actias luna; luna moth (large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing)
cecropia; cecropia moth; Hyalophora cecropia (North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees)
Automeris io; io moth (large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines)
Antheraea polyphemus; polyphemus moth (very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees)
Antheraea pernyi; pernyi moth (a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk)
Antheraea mylitta; tussah; tusseh; tusser; tussore; tussur (oriental moth that produces brownish silk)
Holonyms ("saturniid" is a member of...):
family Saturniidae; Saturniidae (important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known)
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