cecropia, cecropia moth, Hyalophora cecropia
(noun) North American silkworm moth; larvae feed on the leaves of forest trees
Cecropia, genus Cecropia
(noun) large genus of tropical American trees that yield a bast fiber used for cordage and bark used in tanning; milky juice yields caoutchouc
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cecropia (plural cecropias)
A large saturniid moth native to North America, Hyalophora cecropia, having distinctive red, white and black markings on the wings
Source: Wiktionary
20 June 2025
(adjective) marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself; “a modest apartment”; “too modest to wear his medals”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
