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Silkworm

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of various caterpillars of moths that produce silk cocoons, especially Bombyx mori, the source of most commercial silk.
  2. 2
    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 wordnet
  3. 3
    larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English silkwirm, from Old English seolcwyrm (“silkworm”), equivalent to silk + worm.

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