CECROPIA MOTH


Meaning of CECROPIA MOTH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ si-ˈkrō-pē-ə- ]

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 North American saturniid moth ( Hyalophora cecropia ) that is brown with red, white, and black markings

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