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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large North American silkworm moth (Hyalophora cecropia) having brownish wings with red and white markings.
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- noun North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin cecropia, specific epithet, from Latin, feminine of Cecropius, Athenian, from Greek Kekropios, from Kekrops, Cecrops, a legendary Athenian knight.]
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