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AUTOMERIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Io moth

Synonyms:

Automeris; genus Automeris

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Automeris"):

Automeris io; io moth (large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines)

Holonyms ("Automeris" 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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