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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Zoöl.) A silk-producing moth (
Attacus Pernyi ) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China.
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- noun a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
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