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Noun: saturniid  su'tur-nee-id
  1. Large brightly coloured and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
    "The atlas moth is one of the largest saturniid species";
    - saturniid moth

Derived forms: saturniids

Type of: moth

Part of: family Saturniidae, Saturniidae

Encyclopedia: Saturniid