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silkworm
[ silk-wurm ]
noun
- the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk.
- the larva of any of several moths of the family Saturniidae, which spins a silken cocoon.
silkworm
/ ˈsɪlkˌwɜːm /
noun
- the larva of the Chinese moth Bombyx mori, that feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree: widely cultivated as a source of silk
- any of various similar or related larvae
- silkworm moththe moth of any of these larvae
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Singapore recently approved 16 types of bugs, including crickets, silkworms, grasshoppers and honey bees, as food.
Legend says the island used to be famous for sericulture and farmers would keep cats because they would chase away rats, protecting the silkworm cocoons from the rodents.
“One time,” said Mara, “we destroyed a whole city’s economy after all their silkworms died.”
Addressing this issue, recent research has been published by researchers focusing on a hemostatic agent derived from mussels and silkworm cocoons.
The other, Siena McKim of the University of California, Santa Barbara, discovered that at least one amphipod species produces this fiber with some of the same genes as silkworms.
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