samia

English Thesaurus

1. silkworm moths (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	cynthia moth, samia cynthia, samia walkeri,
definition	:	large Asiatic moth introduced into the United States; larvae feed on the ailanthus (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	ailanthus silkworm, samia cynthia,
definition	:	large green silkworm of the cynthia moth (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family saturniidae, saturniidae,
definition	:	important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known (noun.animal)