CECROPIA MOTH


Meaning of CECROPIA MOTH in English

[ce.cro.pia moth] n [NL cecropia, fr. L, fem. of Cecropius Athenian, fr. Gk Kekropios, fr. Kekrops Cecrops, legendary king of Athens] (1885): a large No. American saturniid moth (Hyalophora cecropia) that is brown with red, white, and black markings

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