noun
large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
• Syn: ↑saturniid
• Hypernyms: ↑moth
• Hyponyms:
↑emperor, ↑emperor moth, ↑Saturnia pavonia, ↑imperial moth, ↑Eacles imperialis, ↑giant silkworm moth, ↑silkworm moth, ↑luna moth, ↑Actias luna, ↑cecropia, ↑cecropia moth, ↑Hyalophora cecropia, ↑io moth, ↑Automeris io, ↑polyphemus moth, ↑Antheraea polyphemus, ↑pernyi moth, ↑Antheraea pernyi, ↑tussah, ↑tusseh, ↑tussur, ↑tussore, ↑tusser, ↑Antheraea mylitta
• Member Holonyms: ↑Saturniidae, ↑family Saturniidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.