Definition of Emperor moth

1. Noun. Large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily scaled transparent wings.

Exact synonyms: Emperor, Saturnia Pavonia
Generic synonyms: Saturniid, Saturniid Moth
Group relationships: Genus Saturnia, Saturnia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Emperor Moth

emperilled
emperilling
emperils
emperipolesis
emperise
emperised
emperises
emperish
emperished
emperize
emperized
emperizes
emperor
emperor's new clothes
emperor moth (current term)
emperor penguin
emperor penguins
emperorlike
emperors
emperorship
emperorships
emperour
emperours
empery
emphases
emphasis
emphasise
emphasised
emphasiser

Literary usage of Emperor moth

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

1. Insect Architecture by James Rennie (1830)
"M. Latreille quotes from the ' Recreations of Natural History,' by Wilhelm, the statement that the cocoons of the emperor-moth (Saturnia ..."

2. Social Life in the Insect World by Jean-Henri Fabre, Bernard Miall (1916)
"CHAPTER XIV THE GREAT PEACOCK, OR emperor moth IT was a memorable night! I will name it the Night of the Great Peacock. Who does not know this superb moth, ..."

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