Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of saturniid moths, comprising some of the largest and most beautiful species, now mostly merged in the genera Samia, Philosamia, and Callosamia.
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Examples
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That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 03: Leviticus The Challoner Revision
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That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete The Challoner Revision Anonymous
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That you shall eat: as the bruchus in its kind, the attacus, and ophimachus, and the locust, every, one according to their kind.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete Anonymous
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