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GENUS ATTICUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Atlas moth

Synonyms:

Atticus; genus Atticus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Atticus"):

atlas moth; Atticus atlas (giant saturniid moth widespread in Asia; sometimes cultured for silk)

Holonyms ("genus Atticus" 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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