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.
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Words linked to "Silkworm" : wild wilkworm, Saturniidae, caterpillar, serictery, sericterium, Bombyx, family Saturniidae, genus Bombyx, silk gland, Samia cynthia |
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