thysbe

Thysbe

Thys"be\, n. [NL., fr. L. Thisbe maiden beloved by Pyramus, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A common clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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