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luna moth
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun luna moth has 1 sense
- luna moth(n = noun.animal) actias luna - large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing; Array is a kind of saturniid, saturniid moth
is a member of actias, genus actias
OXFORD DICTIONARY
luna moth, n. a N. American moth, Actias luna, with crescent-shaped spots on its pale green wings.
Etymology
L luna, = moon (from its markings)
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