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ACTIAS LUNA
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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
Sense 1
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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