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pernyi moth
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pernyi moth has 1 sense
- pernyi moth(n = noun.animal) antheraea pernyi - a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk; Array is a kind of saturniid, saturniid moth
is a member of antheraea, genus antheraea
CIDE DICTIONARY
pernyi moth,
A silk-producing moth (Attacus Pernyi ) which feeds upon the oak. It has been introduced into Europe and America from China. [1913 Webster]
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