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Webster 1913 Edition

Zygenid

Zyg′e-nid

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Noun.

[Cf. Gr. [GREEK], probably the hammer-headed shark.]

(Zool.)

Any one of numerous species of moths of the family

Zygaenidae

, most of which are bright colored. The wood nymph and the vine forester are examples. Also used adjectively.