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pavonia
(encz) | pavonia, n: |
pavonia
(wn) | pavonia
n 1: any of various evergreen plants of the genus Pavonia having
white or yellow or purple flowers |
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Pavonian
(gcide) | Pavonian \Pa*vo"ni*an\, a.
Of or pertaining to a peacock. [R.] --Southey.
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Saturnia pavonia
(gcide) | Emperor \Em"per*or\, n. [OF. empereor, empereour, F. empereur,
L. imperator, fr. imperare to command; in in + parare to
prepare, order. See Parade, and cf. Imperative,
Empress.]
The sovereign or supreme monarch of an empire; -- a title of
dignity superior to that of king; as, the emperor of Germany
or of Austria; the emperor or Czar of Russia.
[1913 Webster]
Emperor goose (Zo["o]l.), a large and handsome goose
(Philacte canagica), found in Alaska.
Emperor moth (Zo["o]l.), one of several large and beautiful
bombycid moths, with transparent spots on the wings; as
the American Cecropia moth (Platysamia cecropia), and
the European species (Saturnia pavonia).
Emperor paper. See under Paper.
Purple emperor (Zo["o]l.), a large, strong British
butterfly (Apatura iris).
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genus pavonia
(wn) | genus Pavonia
n 1: genus of tropical hairy shrubs or herbs of tropics and
subtropics especially South America |
saturnia pavonia
(wn) | Saturnia pavonia
n 1: large moth of temperate forests of Eurasia having heavily
scaled transparent wings [syn: emperor, emperor moth,
Saturnia pavonia] |
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