Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of various often large and colorful moths of the family Saturniidae, such as the emperor moth.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A member of the lepidopterous family Saturniidæ.
  • Having the characters of or belonging to the family Saturniidæ.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Any moth of the family Saturniidae.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From New Latin Sāturniidae, family name, from Sāturnia, type genus, from Latin, daughter of Saturn, from feminine of Sāturnius, Saturnian, from Sāturnus, Saturn; see Saturn.]

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Examples

  • Effect of a biological control introduction on three nontarget native species of saturniid moths.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Effect of a biological control introduction on three nontarget native species of saturniid moths.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

  • Effect of a biological control introduction on three nontarget native species of saturniid moths.

    Parasite Rex Carl Zimmer 2009

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