IO MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does io moth mean? 

• IO MOTH (noun)
  The noun IO MOTH has 1 sense:

1. large yellow American moth having a large eyelike spot on each hind wing; the larvae have stinging spines

  Familiarity information: IO MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IO MOTH (noun)

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 ("io moth" is a kind of...):

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

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

Automeris; genus Automeris (io moth)