CECROPIA

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


Noun

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



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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