English > Saturniidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal| Meaning | Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known. |
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| Synonym | family Saturniidae |
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| Member of | Lepidoptera, order Lepidoptera | moths and butterflies |
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| Members | Actias, genus Actias | luna moths |
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| Antheraea, genus Antheraea | large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality |
| Atticus, genus Atticus | atlas moth |
| Automeris, genus Automeris | io moth |
| Eacles, genus Eacles | imperial moths |
| Hyalophora, genus Hyalophora | American silkworm moth |
| Samia, genus Samia | silkworm moths |
| Saturnia, genus Saturnia | type genus of the Saturniidae |
| saturniid, saturniid moth | large brightly colored and usually tropical moth |
| silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm | larva of a saturniid moth |
| Broader | arthropod family | Any of the arthropods |
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| Spanish | satúrnidos |
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| Catalan | satúrnids |
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