giant peacock moth

noun

1. the largest European moth, an emperor, Saturnia pyri, reaching 15 cm (6 in.) in wingspan. It is mottled brown with a prominent ocellus on each wing and being night-flying can be mistaken for a bat

Example Sentences

Higgins’s cast includes a peacock mantis shrimp that helps illuminate how we see color, a great gray owl that helps explain how we hear, and a giant peacock moth that helps us understand our sense of desire.

From Washington Post