noun
important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
• Syn: ↑Saturniidae
• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Lepidoptera, ↑order Lepidoptera
• Member Meronyms:
↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth, ↑Saturnia, ↑genus Saturnia, ↑Eacles, ↑genus Eacles, ↑silkworm, ↑giant silkworm, ↑wild wilkworm, ↑Actias, ↑genus Actias, ↑Hyalophora, ↑genus Hyalophora, ↑Samia, ↑genus Samia, ↑Automeris, ↑genus Automeris, ↑Antheraea, ↑genus Antheraea, ↑Atticus, ↑genus Atticus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.