SATURNIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saturniidae mean? 

• SATURNIIDAE (noun)
  The noun SATURNIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SATURNIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Saturniidae; Saturniidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Saturniidae"):

saturniid; saturniid moth (large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons)

genus Saturnia; Saturnia (type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth)

Eacles; genus Eacles (imperial moths)

giant silkworm; silkworm; wild wilkworm (larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon)

Actias; genus Actias (luna moths)

genus Hyalophora; Hyalophora (American silkworm moth)

genus Samia; Samia (silkworm moths)

Automeris; genus Automeris (io moth)

Antheraea; genus Antheraea (large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality)

Atticus; genus Atticus (atlas moth)

Holonyms ("Saturniidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)