Pronunciation: si- ' kr ō -p ē - ə -
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin cecropia, from Latin, feminine of Cecropius Athenian, from Greek Kekropios, from Kekrops Cecrops, legendary king of Athens
Date: 1885
: a large No. American saturniid moth ( Hyalophora cecropia ) that is brown with red, white, and black markings
cecropia moth