silkworm

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.

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silkworm

Noun

a caterpillar that spins a cocoon of silk

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	silkworm - 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 giant silkworm, wild wilkworm 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