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silkworm
n.
variety of moth larva that spins a cocoon made of silk fibers
Bombyx mori
The
silkworm is the
larva or
caterpillar of the
domesticated silkmoth,
Bombyx mori (
Latin: "silkworm of the
mulberry tree"). It is an economically important insect, being a primary producer of
silk. A silkworm's preferred food is
white mulberry leaves (
monophagous). Domestic silk moths are closely dependent on humans for reproduction, as a result of millennia of selective breeding. Wild silk moths are different (having not been selectively bred) from their domestic cousins; they are not as commercially viable in the production of silk.
silkworm
Noun
1. hairless white caterpillar of the Chinese silkworm moth; source of most commercial silk
(hypernym) caterpillar
(member-holonym) Bombyx, genus Bombyx
(part-meronym) silk gland, serictery, sericterium
2. larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
(synonym) giant silkworm, wild wilkworm
(hypernym) caterpillar
(hyponym) ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia
(member-holonym) Saturniidae, family Saturniidae
(part-meronym) silk gland, serictery, sericterium
silkworm
n.
housenka bource morušového
Silkworm
(n.)
The larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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