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English noun: silkworm | |||
| 1. | silkworm (animal) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | caterpillar | ||
| Part holonym | sericterium, serictery, silk gland | ||
| Member meronym | Bombyx, genus Bombyx | ||
| 2. | silkworm (animal) larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon | ||
| Synonyms | giant silkworm, wild wilkworm | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | caterpillar | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ailanthus silkworm, Samia cynthia | ||
| Part holonym | sericterium, serictery, silk gland | ||
| Member meronym | family Saturniidae, Saturniidae | ||
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