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SATURNIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saturnia mean? 

SATURNIA (noun)
  The noun SATURNIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor mothplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SATURNIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Saturnia; Saturnia

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Saturnia"):

emperor; emperor moth; Saturnia pavonia (large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings)

Holonyms ("Saturnia" 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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