Pro*me"the*a (?), n. [NL. See Prometheus.] Zool.
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 1913.
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