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   ‖Luna (?), n. [L.; akin to lucere to shine. See Light, n., and cf. Lune.]
   1. The moon.
   
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   2. (Alchemy) Silver.
   
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   Luna cornea (Old Chem.), horn silver, or fused silver chloride, a tough, brown, translucent mass; -- so called from its resemblance to horn. -- Luna moth (Zool.), a very large and beautiful American moth (Actias luna).  Its wings are delicate light green, with a stripe of purple along the front edge of the anterior wings, the other margins being edged with pale yellow.  Each wing has a lunate spot surrounded by rings of light yellow, blue, and black.  The caterpillar commonly feeds on the hickory, sassafras, and maple.
   
   
   
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