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EMPEROR MOTH

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Dictionary entry overview: What does emperor moth mean?

• EMPEROR MOTH (noun)
The noun EMPEROR MOTH has 1 sense:

1. large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Familiarity information: EMPEROR MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

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• EMPEROR MOTH (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

emperor moth; Saturnia pavonia; emperor

Hypernyms ("emperor moth" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("emperor moth" is a member of...):

genus Saturnia; Saturnia (type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth)

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