genus saturnia

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   type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth

   SynonymsSaturnia

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofSaturniidae

Questions about genus saturnia

What does genus saturnia mean?

genus saturnia means "type genus of the Saturniidae: emperor moth".

What is another word for genus saturnia?

Close synonyms include Saturnia. 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 saturnia a common word?

genus saturnia 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.