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FAMILY SATURNIIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
Synonyms:
family Saturniidae; Saturniidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Saturniidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Saturniidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
