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luna moth

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lu·na moth  (ln)
n.
A large, pale-green North American moth (Actias luna) having elongated, taillike hind wings.
[New Latin lna, species name, from Latin, moon; see lunar.]
luna moth
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a large American saturniid moth, Tropaea (or Actias) luna, having light green wings with a yellow crescent-shaped marking on each forewing
[so named from the markings on its wings]
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Noun1.luna mothluna moth - large pale-green American moth with long-tailed hind wings and a yellow crescent-shaped mark on each forewing
Actias luna
saturniid, saturniid moth - large brightly colored and usually tropical moth; larvae spin silken cocoons
Actias, genus Actias - luna moths


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I thought of your hovering saucers, looking for clues, and I wanted to write this down, so it wouldn't be lost forever-that once upon a time we had meadows here, and astonishing things, swans and frogs and luna moths and blue skies that could stagger your heart.
Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule by Appleman, Philip / The Humanist
One year, after studying the life cycle of Luna moths, we came up with the theme, "All Things Bright and Beautiful, All Creatures Great and Small, Celebrate Earth Day.
Each year our school works together to create a special Earth Day ... by Heights, Woodland / Instructor (1990)
Varl analogizes herself with a Luna moth, creating her own cocoon physically and literally, making a dress embroidered with her words--the actual poems themselves, in which to conceal and protect her developing womanhood from her master's "love" as well as a venue for her forbidden ideas.
Slave Moth: a Narrative in Verse by Hegamin, Tonya C. / Black Issues Book Review
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