PERNYI MOTH

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Meaning:

A Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk

Synonyms:

Antheraea pernyi; pernyi moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pernyi moth" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("pernyi moth" is a member of...):

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

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