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pernyi moth

noun

a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk

• Syn: ↑Antheraea pernyi

• Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth

• Member Holonyms: ↑Antheraea, ↑genus Antheraea

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\\ˈpərnēˌī-, ˈpernēˌē-\ noun

Etymology: New Latin pernyi (specific epithet of Antheraea pernyi), after Paul H. Perny died 1907 French missionary and Chinese scholar

: a Chinese silkproducing moth (Antheraea pernyi)

Useful english dictionary. 2012.