Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large pale-green North American saturniid moth (Actias luna) with hind wings that have elongated tips.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A large bombycid moth, Actias luna, the most beautiful of North American insects, of a light-green color relieved by luniform eye-spots and by a broad purplish-brown or liliaceous anterior border.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun entomology A large, green American
moth , Actias luna, that hascrescent -shaped marks on its wings
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[New Latin lūna, species name, from Latin, moon; see lunar.]
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