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luna moth

–noun
a large, pale-green, American moth, Actias luna, having purple-brown markings, lunate spots, and long tails.
Also, Luna moth.


Origin:
1850–55, Americanism
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lu·na moth   (lōō'nə)   
n.  A large, pale-green North American moth (Actias luna) having elongated, taillike hind wings.

[New Latin lūna, species name, from Latin, moon; see lunar.]
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