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EACLES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Eacles mean? 

EACLES (noun)
  The noun EACLES has 1 sense:

1. imperial mothsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


EACLES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Imperial moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eacles; genus Eacles

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Eacles"):

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

Holonyms ("Eacles" 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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