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polyphemus


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polyphemus  \Pol`y*phe"mus\,  n.  [L.  Polyphemus  the  one-eyed 
  Cyclops  who  was  blinded  by  Ulysses.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  A  very  large  American  moth  ({Telea  polyphemus})  belonging  to 
  the  Silkworm  family  ({Bombycid[ae]}).  Its  larva,  which  is 
  very  large  bright  green,  with  silvery  tubercles,  and  with 
  oblique  white  stripes  on  the  sides,  feeds  on  the  oak, 
  chestnut,  willow,  cherry,  apple,  and  other  trees.  It  produces 
  a  large  amount  of  strong  silk.  Called  also  {American 
  silkworm}. 




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