genus antheraea

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   large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality

   SynonymsAntheraea

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofSaturniidae

Questions about genus antheraea

What does genus antheraea mean?

genus antheraea means "large moths whose larvae produce silk of high quality".

What is another word for genus antheraea?

Close synonyms include Antheraea. 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 genus antheraea a common word?

genus antheraea 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.