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cecropia moth definition

☆ ce·cro·pia moth (si krō′pē ə)

the largest moth (Hyalophora cecropia) of the U.S., having wide brown wings, each with a crescent-shaped spot of white edged in red

Etymology: < ModL Cecropia, name of a genus of mulberry trees, after Cecrops

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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