English > saturniid moth: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin / spin silken cocoons. |
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| Synonym | saturniid |
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| Member of | Saturniidae, family Saturniidae | Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known |
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| Narrower | cecropia, cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia | North American silkworm moth |
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| emperor, emperor moth, Saturnia pavonia | large moth of temperate forests / forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings |
| giant silkworm moth, silkworm moth | Any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae |
| imperial moth, Eacles imperialis | large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings |
| io moth, Automeris io | large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing |
| luna moth, Actias luna | large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing |
| 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 | moth | typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae |
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| Spanish | saturniid |
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