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silkworm

DEFINITIONS OF: silkworm

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n the commercially bred hairless white caterpillar of the domestic silkworm moth which spins a cocoon that can be processed to yield silk fiber; the principal source of commercial silk

Type of:
caterpillar
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

n larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon

Synonyms:
giant silkworm, wild wilkworm
Types:
Samia cynthia, ailanthus silkworm
large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
Type of:
caterpillar
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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