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GENUS HYALOPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hyalophora mean? 

GENUS HYALOPHORA (noun)
  The noun GENUS HYALOPHORA has 1 sense:

1. American silkworm mothplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS HYALOPHORA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS HYALOPHORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

American silkworm moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hyalophora; Hyalophora

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Holonyms ("genus Hyalophora" 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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