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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 cocoonsplay

    Synonyms:

    saturniid; saturniid moth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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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