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CIDE DICTIONARY

promethea

CIDE DICTIONARY

promethean. [NL. See Prometheus.].
     A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.  [1913 Webster]

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