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ACTIAS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Luna moths

Synonyms:

Actias; genus Actias

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Actias" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Actias"):

Actias luna; luna moth (large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing)

Holonyms ("Actias" 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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