Lexic.us

Definition of Cecropia

1. Noun. Large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc.

2. Noun. North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees.

Definition of Cecropia

1. Noun. A silkworm moth, ''Hyalophora cecropia'', native to North America, having red white and black markings ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cecropia

1. a large North American moth [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cecropia

cechite cecidia cecidium cecils cecities cecitis cecitises cecity cecostomies cecostomy

cecotrope cecotropes cecotrophy cecoureterocele cecoureteroceles cecropia (current term) cecropia moth cecropias cecropin cecum

cecutiency ced mutant cedar cedar-apple rust cedar chest cedar elm cedar leaf oil cedar mahogany cedar nut cedar of Goa

Literary usage of Cecropia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"The hybrids are slightly paler than Г. cecropia, and the while bar between the ocelli and the margin is with only the faintest trace of the red outer edge ..."

2. Handbook of Nature-study for Teachers and Parents, Based on the Cornell by Anna Botsford Comstock (1911)
"The cecropia moth. Photo by MV Slingerland. THE cecropia ... The names of our common native silk-worms are: The cecropia, promethea, polyphemus, and luna. ..."

3. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1893)
"... -cecropia „ • » 6-5 „ . 19-5 „ 19 Whether this great increase of silk production is common to hybrid ..."

4. Exotic Moths by James Duncan (1858)
"HYALOPHORA cecropia. PLATE XI. Phal. (Bombyx) cecropia, Linn. ... 4b WE have given figures of H. cecropia in all its stages, as a very characteristic ..."

5. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Entomological Section (1900)
"I cecropia Cocoons. BY CAROLINE G. SOULE. am much interested in the cecropia-cocoon question as ..."

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