| NOUN | animal | Antheraea, genus Antheraea | large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality |
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| Meaning | large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality. | |
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| Synonym | genus Antheraea | |
| Member of | Saturniidae, family Saturniidae | Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known |
| Members | pernyi moth, Antheraea pernyi | A Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk |
| polyphemus moth, Antheraea polyphemus | Very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings | |
| tussah, tusseh, tussur, tussore, tusser, Antheraea mylitta | oriental moth that produces brownish silk | |
| Broader | arthropod genus | A genus of arthropods |
| Spanish | antheraea, genus antheraea | |
| Catalan | antheraea, genus antheraea | |
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