emperor
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- noun
- /ˈɛmpərər/
- UK
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polilla emperador
- The emperor moth has beautiful, see-through wings that shimmer in the sunlight.
- emperor moth
Examples
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Like all scorpions, the Emperor scorpion's tail ends in a venomous stinger, but the sting is no more dangerous than a bee sting.
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Emperors flutter down from the treetops like startling dreams.
Fiction book (1996) -
The emperor has no clothes!
Blog text (17) -
Why, a tiny, mindless insect like the emperor moth... can communicate with another over a distance of 80 miles.
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Perhaps the proper metaphor would be the sound made when the doll emperor trailed the pleats of his hakama, walking on the tiered platform of dolls.
Fiction book (2001) -
Perhaps one day this army of wifeless "little emperors"—the "bare branches," as they are called in China—will invade the U.S. to reclaim those thousands of Chinese girls who have been raised by American families and single mothers.
Blog text (12) -
During our hike, we spotted an emperor moth resting on a leaf, its wings opened wide.
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The biologist studied the life cycle of the emperor moth in the temperate forests of Europe.
Synonyms
A large moth with patterned, partly see-through wings that lives in forests of Europe and Asia
A large moth in Europe and Asia with wings covered in many tiny scales and eye-like spots
Compounds
- Offensive
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A child who is spoiled because parents give them everything they want
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A person who ruled the Roman Empire from Augustus to the end of the Western Empire
A large bright butterfly with blue or green wings found in Africa and parts of Europe and Asia
- UK
A large moth with patterned, partly see-through wings that lives in forests of Europe and Asia
Surface Forms
Etymology
The name emperor for the moth comes from its large size and heavy, striking wings that seem 'royal', so people called the moth after a ruler to show its grand appearance.