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SATURNIID

 Dictionary entry overview: What does saturniid mean? 

SATURNIID (noun)
  The noun SATURNIID has 1 sense:

1. large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons

  Familiarity information: SATURNIID used as a noun is very rare.


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SATURNIID (noun)


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Meaning:

Large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

saturniid; saturniid moth

Hypernyms ("saturniid" is a kind of...):

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saturniid"):

Antheraea mylitta; tussah; tusseh; tusser; tussore; tussur (oriental moth that produces brownish silk)

Antheraea pernyi; pernyi moth (a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk)

Antheraea polyphemus; polyphemus moth (very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees)

Automeris io; io moth (large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines)

cecropia; cecropia moth; Hyalophora cecropia (North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees)

Actias luna; luna moth (large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing)

giant silkworm moth; silkworm moth (any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae)

Eacles imperialis; imperial moth (large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees)

emperor; emperor moth; Saturnia pavonia (large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings)

Holonyms ("saturniid" is a member of...):

family Saturniidae; Saturniidae (important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known)


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