promethea

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noun

A silkmoth of species Callosamia promethea.

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Meanings

nounpromethea (plural prometheas)

plural prometheas

  1. A silkmoth of species Callosamia promethea.

    […] were released in a woodland, in the center of a mile-wide circle of seven traps baited with female prometheas.

    2021, Gilbert Waldbauer, How Not to Be Eaten: The Insects Fight Back, page 174
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APA

promethea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promethea

MLA

“promethea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promethea. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “promethea,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/promethea.

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