domesticated silkworm moth

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domesticated silkworm moth - stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce Bombyx mori, domestic silkworm moth bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth - moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk Bombyx, genus Bombyx - type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth

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