pernyi moth

pernyi moth
noun
a Chinese moth that produces a brownish silk
Syn: ↑Antheraea pernyi
Hypernyms: ↑saturniid, ↑saturniid moth
Member Holonyms: ↑Antheraea, ↑genus Antheraea

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\\ˈpərnēˌī-, ˈpernēˌē-\ noun
Etymology: New Latin pernyi (specific epithet of Antheraea pernyi), after Paul H. Perny died 1907 French missionary and Chinese scholar
: a Chinese silkproducing moth (Antheraea pernyi)

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