ACTIAS LUNA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing

Synonyms:

Actias luna; luna moth

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Actias luna" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Actias luna" is a member of...):

Actias; genus Actias (luna moths)

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