samia cynthia

Questions about samia cynthia

What does samia cynthia mean?

samia cynthia means "large green silkworm of the cynthia moth". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for samia cynthia?

Close synonyms include ailanthus silkworm, cynthia moth, Samia walkeri. 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 samia cynthia a common word?

samia cynthia is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.