arctiid (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *arctiid*:
NOUN	animal	arctiid, arctiid moth	stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings

English > *arctiid*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars.
Synonym	arctiid moth
Member of	Arctiidae, family Arctiidae	tiger moths
Narrower	cinnabar, cinnabar moth, Callimorpha jacobeae	large red-and-black European moth
Narrower	tiger moth	medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings
Broader	moth	typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae

HyperDic: arctiid