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bombycid — noun moderate sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk • Syn: ↑bombycid moth, ↑silkworm moth • Hypernyms: ↑moth • Hyponyms: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bombycid — [bäm′bə sid΄] n. [< ModL < L bombyx (see BOMBAST) + ID] any of a family (Bombycidae) of moths found chiefly in tropical regions, as the silkworm moth bombycoid [bäm′bəkoid΄] adj … English World dictionary
bombycid — /bom beuh sid/, n. 1. a moth of the family Bombycidae, comprising a single species, Bombyx mori, the Chinese silkworm moth. adj. 2. belonging or pertaining to the family Bombycidae. [ < NL Bombycidae, equiv. to L bombyc (s. of bombyx silkworm … Universalium
silkworm moth — noun 1. moderate sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk • Syn: ↑bombycid, ↑bombycid moth • Hypernyms: ↑moth • Hyponyms: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
domestic silkworm moth — noun stocky creamy white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce • Syn: ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑Bombyx mori • Hypernyms: ↑bombycid, ↑bombycid moth, ↑silkworm moth • M … Useful english dictionary
domesticated silkworm moth — noun stocky creamy white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce • Syn: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑Bombyx mori • Hypernyms: ↑bombycid, ↑bombycid moth, ↑silkworm moth • Member Ho … Useful english dictionary
silk moth — noun : a silkworm moth * * * silk moth, a bombycid moth whose larva is a silkworm. * * * n. see silkworm moth * * * ˈsilk moth 7 [silk moth] noun a ↑moth whose ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lappet moth — noun medium sized hairy moths; larvae are lappet caterpillars • Syn: ↑lappet • Hypernyms: ↑lasiocampid, ↑lasiocampid moth * * * noun Etymology: so called from the small lobes at the sides of the body of the larva : any of several stout bodied… … Useful english dictionary
ermine moth — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
virgin moth — White White (hw[imac]t), a. [Compar. {Whiter} (hw[imac]t [ e]r); superl. {Whitest}.] [OE. whit, AS. hw[imac]t; akin to OFries. and OS. hw[=i]t, D. wit, G. weiss, OHG. w[=i]z, hw[=i]z, Icel. hv[=i]tr, Sw. hvit, Dan. hvid, Goth. hweits, Lith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
