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AUTOMERIS IO
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Automeris io mean?
• AUTOMERIS IO (noun)
The noun AUTOMERIS IO has 1 sense:
1. large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines
Familiarity information: AUTOMERIS IO used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Automeris io; io moth
Hypernyms ("Automeris io" is a kind of...):
saturniid; saturniid moth (large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons)
Holonyms ("Automeris io" is a member of...):
Automeris; genus Automeris (io moth)
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