Polyphemus - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: polyphemusPolyphemus
A very large American moth Telea polyphemus belonging to the Silkworm family Bombycidaelig 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...
VerbarLimulus
The only existing genus of Merostomata It includes only a few species from the East Indies and one Limulus polyphemus from the Atlantic coast of North America Called also Molucca crab king crab horseshoe crab and horsefoot...
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