silkworm English

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What does silkworm mean?

silkworm

— noun 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

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

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silkworm English » English

wild wilkworm

mulberry silkworm

giant silkworm

bombyx

mulberry silk moth

caterpillar

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