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silkworm

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silk·worm  (slkwûrm)
n.
Any of various caterpillars that produce silk cocoons, especially the larva of a moth (Bombyx mori) native to Asia that spins a cocoon of fine, strong, lustrous fiber that is the source of commercial silk.

silkworm [ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the larva of the Chinese moth Bombyx mori, that feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree: widely cultivated as a source of silk
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar or related larvae
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals)
silkworm moth the moth of any of these larvae
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.silkwormsilkworm - 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
Bombyx, genus Bombyx - type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
2.silkworm - larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
family Saturniidae, Saturniidae - important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known
ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia - large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
sericterium, serictery, silk gland - silk-producing gland of insects (especially of a silkworm) or spiders
Translations
silkworm [ˈsɪlkwɜːm] Ngusano m de seda
silkworm [ˈsɪlkwɜːrm] nver m à soie
silkworm [ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm] nbaco da seta
silkworm [ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm] nbaco da seta


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She had a face like a silkworm, and the dining-room reeks of orris-root.
Up Broadway he turned, and halted at a glittering cafe, where are gathered together nightly the choicest products of the grape, the silkworm and the protoplasm.
Each body of Japanese troops moved forward like a silkworm, leaving behind it a glistening strand of red copper wire.
 
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