GENUS SAMIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Samia mean? 

• GENUS SAMIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SAMIA has 1 sense:

1. silkworm moths

  Familiarity information: GENUS SAMIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SAMIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Silkworm moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Samia; Samia

Hypernyms ("genus Samia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Samia"):

cynthia moth; Samia cynthia; Samia walkeri (large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus)

ailanthus silkworm; Samia cynthia (large green silkworm of the cynthia moth)

Holonyms ("genus Samia" is a member of...):

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