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GENUS ANTHERAEA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Antheraea mean?
• GENUS ANTHERAEA (noun)
The noun GENUS ANTHERAEA has 1 sense:
1. large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality
Familiarity information: GENUS ANTHERAEA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Antheraea; genus Antheraea
Hypernyms ("genus Antheraea" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Antheraea"):
Antheraea polyphemus; polyphemus moth (very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees)
Antheraea pernyi; pernyi moth (a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk)
Antheraea mylitta; tussah; tusseh; tusser; tussore; tussur (oriental moth that produces brownish silk)
Holonyms ("genus Antheraea" 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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