noun
large American moth having yellow wings with purplish or brownish markings; larvae feed on e.g. maple and pine trees
• Syn: ↑Eacles imperialis
• Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth
• Member Holonyms: ↑Eacles, ↑genus Eacles
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noun : a large American saturniid moth (Eacles imperialis) marked with yellow, lilac, or purplish brown whose rough hairy larva feeds especially on maple, sumach, and pine trees
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a yellow moth, Eacles imperialis, having a diagonal band of pinkish brown or purple: the hairy larvae feed on the leaves of hickory, oak, etc.
[1900-05]
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imperial moth,
a large, yellow American moth, with brown bands.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.