SATURNIA PAVONIA

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Meaning:

Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings

Synonyms:

emperor; emperor moth; Saturnia pavonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Saturnia pavonia" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Saturnia pavonia" is a member of...):

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

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