Word Meanings - POLYPHEMUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A very large American moth (Telea polyphemus) belonging to the Silkworm family (Bombycidae). 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.

• Larvas
  of Larva
• WHITEEYE
  Any one of several species of small Old World singing of the genus Zosterops, as Zosterops palpebrosus of India, and Z. coerulescens of Australia. The eyes are encircled by a ring of white feathers, whence the name. Called also bush creeper, and white-e
• Otherwhere
  In or to some other place, or places; elsewhere.
• WHITESLAVE
  A woman held in involuntary confinement for purposes of prostitution; loosely, any woman forced into unwilling prostitution.
• Apple-squire
  A pimp; a kept gallant.
• Strong-water
  An acid.
• Whiteboy
  A favorite.
• Callipers
  See Calipers.
• White-livered
  Having a pale look; feeble; hence, cowardly; pusillanimous; dastardly.
• Cherry
  A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone;
• Whitetop
  Fiorin.
• Greengill
  An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood.
• Willow-thorn
  A thorny European shrub (Hippophae rhamnoides) resembling a willow.
• Green-stall
  A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale.
• GREENHEADGREENHOOD
  A state of greenness; verdancy. Chaucer.
• WHITEFACE
  A white mark in the forehead of a horse, descending almost to the nose; -- called also white-blaze.
• Otherwhile
  Alt. of Otherwhiles
• WHITESLAVER
  A person engaged in procuring or holding a woman or women for unwilling prostitution.

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