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Pachypasa

noun
Pa·chyp·a·sa | \ pəˈkipəsə \

Definition of Pachypasa 

: a genus of lasiocampid moths including a Syrian silkworm (P. otus) reared by the Greeks and Romans for its silk until the introduction of the Chinese silkworm in a.d. 550

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History and Etymology for Pachypasa

New Latin, probably from pachy- + Greek pas all; akin to Sanskrit śaśvat every, śvayati he swells

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