English to English
silkworm

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noun (n)
- 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.animal)source: wordnet30
- larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon(noun.animal)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913