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Admiral
noun · 78% connection
A naval officer of the highest rank; a naval officer of high rank, of which there are different grades. The chief gradations in rank a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Alkekengi
noun · 78% connection
An herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Physalis alkekengi) and its fruit, which is a well flavored berry, the size of a cherry,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Aphis lion
unknown · 78% connection
The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladyb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Barbet
noun · 78% connection
A variety of small dog, having long curly hair.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Cherry
noun · 78% connection
A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Dolly Varden
unknown · 78% connection
A character in Dickens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-c…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Dropworm
noun · 78% connection
The larva of any geometrid moth, which drops from trees by means of a thread of silk, as the cankerworm.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Eggar
noun · 78% connection
Any bombycid moth of the genera Eriogaster and Lasiocampa; as, the oak eggar (L. roboris) of Europe.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Grugru worm
unknown · 78% connection
The larva or grub of a large South American beetle (Calandra palmarum), which lives in the pith of palm trees and sugar cane. It is ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Io moth
unknown · 78% connection
A large and handsome American moth (Hyperchiria Io), having a large, bright-colored spot on each hind wing, resembling the spots on th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Isabella moth
unknown · 78% connection
A common American moth (Pyrrharctia isabella), of an isabella color. The larva, called woolly bear and hedgehog caterpillar, is densel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Jaguarondi
noun · 78% connection
A South American wild cat (Felis jaguarondi), having a long, slim body and very short legs. Its color is grayish brown, varied with a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Large
superl. · 78% connection
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Lauraceous
adjective · 78% connection
Belonging to, or resembling, a natural order (Lauraceae) of trees and shrubs having aromatic bark and foliage, and including the laure…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Laurus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of trees including, according to modern authors, only the true laurel (Laurus nobilis), and the larger L. Canariensis of Madei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Maia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of spider crabs, including the common European species (Maia squinado).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Maraschino
noun · 78% connection
A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
Microlepidoptera
n. pl. · 78% connection
A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: large, american, bombycid, moth, callosamia.
