emerald moth

British

noun

any of various green geometrid moths, esp the large emerald ( Geometra papilionaria ) a handsome pale green moth with white wavy markings

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The thin, delicate hand which held his cigar was long and tapering, and upon his finger was an antique Florentine ring in the form of a small emerald moth.

From The Stretton Street Affair by Le Queux, William

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