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ACTIAS LUNA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Actias luna mean?

• ACTIAS LUNA (noun)
The noun ACTIAS LUNA has 1 sense:

1. large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing

Familiarity information: ACTIAS LUNA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ACTIAS LUNA (noun)

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Meaning:

Large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Actias luna; luna moth

Hypernyms ("Actias luna" is a kind of...):

saturniid; saturniid moth (large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons)

Holonyms ("Actias luna" is a member of...):

Actias; genus Actias (luna moths)

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