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Definition of Samia
1. Noun. Silkworm moths.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Family Saturniidae, Saturniidae
Member holonyms: Cynthia Moth, Samia Cynthia, Samia Walkeri, Ailanthus Silkworm, Samia Cynthia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Samia
Literary usage of Samia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Guide to the Study of Insects: And a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"samia ts a smaller genus and with a partially transparent lunate spot in the ...
samia Cynthia Linn, has been introduced from China and is a hardy worm, ..."
2. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"MATING OF samia CYNTHIA IN CAPTIVITY. BY CAROLINE G. SOULE, BROOKLINE, MASS.
Last winter I received from Nan- tucket cocoons of samia cynthia and on the 8th ..."
3. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"Regeneration in samia ailanthus. By HH BRINDLEY, MA, St John's College. [Received
16 June 1902.] The subject of regeneration in Lepidoptera has in only a ..."
4. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... Actias luna, samia cecropia, samia Columbia, Telea polyphemus, and a great
variety of species of Noctuidae, also grasshoppers, crickets, mosquitoes, ..."
5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1876)
"Ent. Soc., Phila., 5, 228 (samia). NOTE.—With the usual latitude for coarseness and
... 2, PI. 12, flg. 1.2, 9 ; Abb. & Smith, His. Ga., »1, T. 40; samia ..."
6. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"samia Cynthia Linn, has been introduced from China and is a hardy worm, quite
easily raised, and the silk is Fig. «!7. . of a good quality. ..."
7. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"A. Atlas Linn., from China, expands from seven to nine inches. samia Is a smaller
genus and with a partially transparent lunate spot in the middle of the ..."
8. Guide to the Study of Insects: And a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1870)
"samia ts a smaller genus and with a partially transparent lunate spot in the ...
samia Cynthia Linn, has been introduced from China and is a hardy worm, ..."
9. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"MATING OF samia CYNTHIA IN CAPTIVITY. BY CAROLINE G. SOULE, BROOKLINE, MASS.
Last winter I received from Nan- tucket cocoons of samia cynthia and on the 8th ..."
10. Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society by Cambridge Philosophical Society (1902)
"Regeneration in samia ailanthus. By HH BRINDLEY, MA, St John's College. [Received
16 June 1902.] The subject of regeneration in Lepidoptera has in only a ..."
11. The Birds of Maine: With Key to and Description of the Various Species Known by Ora Willis Knight (1908)
"... Actias luna, samia cecropia, samia Columbia, Telea polyphemus, and a great
variety of species of Noctuidae, also grasshoppers, crickets, mosquitoes, ..."
12. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1876)
"Ent. Soc., Phila., 5, 228 (samia). NOTE.—With the usual latitude for coarseness and
... 2, PI. 12, flg. 1.2, 9 ; Abb. & Smith, His. Ga., »1, T. 40; samia ..."
13. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1876)
"samia Cynthia Linn, has been introduced from China and is a hardy worm, quite
easily raised, and the silk is Fig. «!7. . of a good quality. ..."
14. Guide to the Study of Insects and a Treatise on Those Injurious and by Alpheus Spring Packard (1878)
"A. Atlas Linn., from China, expands from seven to nine inches. samia Is a smaller
genus and with a partially transparent lunate spot in the middle of the ..."