ailanthus silkworm

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   large green silkworm of the cynthia moth

   SynonymsSamia cynthia

   Broadersilkworm

   Part ofSamia

Questions about ailanthus silkworm

What does ailanthus silkworm mean?

ailanthus silkworm means "large green silkworm of the cynthia moth".

What is another word for ailanthus silkworm?

Close synonyms include Samia cynthia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ailanthus silkworm a common word?

ailanthus silkworm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.