silkworm : Idioms & Phrases

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ailanthus silkworm

  • noun large green silkworm of the cynthia moth
    Samia cynthia.
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domestic silkworm moth

  • noun stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce
    Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth.
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domesticated silkworm moth

  • noun stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce
    Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth.
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giant silkworm

  • noun larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
    wild wilkworm; silkworm.
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giant silkworm moth

  • noun any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae
    giant silkworm moth.
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Pernyi silkworm

  • the larva of the Pernyi moth. See Pernyi moth.
Webster 1913

Silkworm gut

  • a substance prepared from the contents of the silk glands of silkworms and used in making lines for angling. See Gut.
Webster 1913

silkworm moth

  • noun any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae
    giant silkworm moth.
  • noun moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk
    bombycid moth; bombycid.
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Silkworm rot

  • a disease of silkworms; muscardine.
Webster 1913

silkworm seed

  • noun eggs of a silkworm
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