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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).

Etymology

From silk + moth.

Related phrases

Assam silkmothChinese oak silkmothColumbia silkmothForbes' silkmothGlover's silkmothJapanese oak silkmothJapanese silkmothJonasi silkmothLouisiana silkmothPatagonia eyed silkmothSiberian silkmothSri Lankan cricula silkmoth

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