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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
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
bombycid moth — noun moderate sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk • Syn: ↑bombycid, ↑silkworm moth • Hypernyms: ↑moth • Hyponyms: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑domesticated silkworm moth, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Silk moth — Silk Silk, n. [OE. silk, selk, AS. seolc, seoloc; akin to Icel. silki, SW. & Dan. silke; prob. through Slavic from an Oriental source; cf. Lith. szilkai, Russ. shelk , and also L. sericum Seric stuff, silk. Cf. {Sericeous}. {Serge} a woolen stuff … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
Bombyx mori — noun stocky creamy white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce • Syn: ↑domestic silkworm moth, ↑domesticated silkworm moth • Hypernyms: ↑bombycid, ↑bombycid moth, ↑silkworm moth … Useful english dictionary
Bombyx — noun type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth • Syn: ↑genus Bombyx • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Bombycidae, ↑family Bombycidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Bombyx — noun type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth • Syn: ↑Bombyx • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Bombycidae, ↑family Bombycidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lepidopteran — /lep i dop teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. lepidopterous. n. 2. a lepidopterous insect. [1850 55; LEPIDOPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any of the more than 100,000 species constituting the order Lepidoptera (Greek: scaly wing ): butterflies, moths, and skippers. The… … Universalium
insect — insectival /in sek tuy veuhl/, adj. /in sekt/, n. 1. any animal of the class Insecta, comprising small, air breathing arthropods having the body divided into three parts (head, thorax, and abdomen), and having three pairs of legs and usually two… … Universalium
