Definition of Promithea

Definition of Promithea

||Pro*me"the*a (?), n. [NL. See Prometheus.] (Zoöl.) A large American bombycid moth (Callosamia promethea). Its larva feeds on the sassafras, wild cherry, and other trees, and suspends its cocoon from a branch by a silken band.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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