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    GENUS SAMIA

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Silkworm mothsplay

    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)

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