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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large yellowish or reddish-brown North American moth (Automeris io) having a prominent eyelike spot on each hind wing.
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- noun A large yellow moth,
Automeris io , found inNorth America .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Io, who was tormented by gadflies sent by Hera as a punishment (from the stinging spines of its larvae).]
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