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SATURNIA PAVONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Saturnia pavonia mean?
• SATURNIA PAVONIA (noun)
The noun SATURNIA PAVONIA has 1 sense:
1. large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
Familiarity information: SATURNIA PAVONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
emperor; emperor moth; Saturnia pavonia
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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