giant silkworm moth

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noun

any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.

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How to use giant silkworm moth in a sentence

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I knew there would be good times and bad, sickness and health, broken dishwashers and giant cockroaches in the bathroom.
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No alarms were triggered as she strolled out of the Giant supermarket in Limerick, Pennsylvania, and nobody thought otherwise.
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Until Levonuk reappeared an hour later wielding the soothing stuff at another Giant store 20 minutes away.
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The forests were lush and filled with life, from giant snakes to monkeys.
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The lazy giant was sprawling on the most comfortable of the sofas; the pair were alone in the dainty little drawing-room.
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There he was found by old Makitok, and for some time the giant and the wizard held converse together.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
And the nightmare clutch laid hold upon his heart with giant pincers.
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The (p. 325) moth, whose egg produces these larv, is a large white miller of unusual size and prolificness.
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In the second part of the poem the lady is threatened by an unwelcome suitor, in the person of a hideous giant.
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