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ATTICUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Atticus mean? 

ATTICUS (noun)
  The noun ATTICUS has 1 sense:

1. atlas mothplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ATTICUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Atlas moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Atticus; genus Atticus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Atticus"):

atlas moth; Atticus atlas (giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia; sometimes cultured for silk)

Holonyms ("Atticus" 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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