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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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