luna
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noun- 1.
(entomology) A luna moth: a member of species Actias luna.
On the previous evening we had discovered with delight a luna with the fabulous moons, one on each pale green wing.
Spray BT on your young oak to protect against gypsy moths, and you wipe out future lunas, cecropias, and everything else on the leaves, along with the pests.
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(Christianity, chiefly Catholicism and Anglicanism) A lunette: a crescent-shaped receptacle, often glass, for holding the (consecrated) host (the bread of communion) upright when exposed in the monstrance.
The Bread of Angels is first taken from the tabernacle, where it rests in the luna, and placed upon the altar, covered with a corporal. After genuflecting, the priest puts the luna containing the Blessed Sacrament on its throne—the monstrance—and elevates it […]
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(Hawaii)A foreman on a plantation.
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ine-pro Borrowed from Latin lūna (moon; month; crescent).