ANTHERAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Antheraea mean? 

• ANTHERAEA (noun)
  The noun ANTHERAEA has 1 sense:

1. large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality

  Familiarity information: ANTHERAEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANTHERAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Antheraea; genus Antheraea

Hypernyms ("Antheraea" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Antheraea"):

Antheraea polyphemus; polyphemus moth (very large yellowish-brown American silkworm moth with large eyespots on hind wings; larvae feed on fruit and shade trees)

Antheraea pernyi; pernyi moth (a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk)

Antheraea mylitta; tussah; tusseh; tusser; tussore; tussur (oriental moth that produces brownish silk)

Holonyms ("Antheraea" is a member of...):

family Saturniidae; Saturniidae (important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known)