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1. (n.) silkworm
any of several moth caterpillars that spin a silken cocoon, esp. Bombyx mori, of China, which produces commercially valuable silk.
Etymology: (bef. 1000)
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1. (noun) silkworm
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
2. (noun) silkworm, giant silkworm, wild wilkworm
larva of a saturniid moth; spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon
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1. (noun) silkworm
the larva of any one of numerous species of bombycid moths, which spins a large amount of strong silk in constructing its cocoon before changing to a pupa
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Sense: the caterpillar of certain moths, which makes silk.
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 Afrikaans: sywurm |
 Arabic: دودَة حَرير، دودَة قَز |
 Bulgarian: копринена буба |
 Brazilian: bicho da seda |
 Czech: bourec morušový |
 German: die Seidenraupe |
 Danish: silkeorm |
 Greek: μεταξοσκώληκας |
 Spanish: gusano de seda |
 Estonian: siidiuss |
 Farsi: كرم ابريشم |
 Finnish: silkkiperhonen |
 French: verà soie |
 Hebrew: תוֹלַעַת מֶשִי |
 Hindi: रेशम का कीड़ा |
 Croatian: svilac, dudov prelac |
 Hungarian: selyemhernyó |
 Indonesian: ulat sutera |
 Icelandic: silkiormur |
 Italian: baco da seta |
 Japanese: かいこ |
 Korean: 누에 |
 Lithuanian: šilkaverpis |
 Latvian: zīdtārpiņš |
 Malay: ulat sutera |
 Dutch: zijderups |
 Norwegian: silkeorm |
 Polish: jedwabnik |
 Persian: كرم ابريشم |
 Pashto: د دریښم کرم |
 Portuguese: bicho da seda |
 Romanian: vierme de mătase |
 Russian: тутовый шелкопряд |
 Slovak: priadka morušová |
 Slovenian: sviloprejka |
 Serbian: svilena buba |
 Swedish: silkesmask |
 Thai: ตัวไหม |
 Turkish: ipek böceği |
 Taiwanese: 蠶 |
 Ukrainian: шовкопряд |
 Urdu: ریشم کا حشرہ |
 Vietnamese: con tằm |
 Chinese: 蚕 |
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