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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any moth whose caterpillar stage is a silkworm, especially Bombyx mori, the domestic silkmoth, but also others in the families Bombycidae and Saturniidae (as well as the Siberian silkmoth in the family Lasiocampidae).

Synonyms

All synonyms

bombycidsaturniid

Etymology

From silk + moth.