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    DOMESTICATED SILKWORM MOTH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerceplay

    Synonyms:

    Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth; domesticated silkworm moth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("domesticated silkworm moth" is a kind of...):

    bombycid; bombycid moth; silkworm moth (moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk)

    Holonyms ("domesticated silkworm moth" is a member of...):

    Bombyx; genus Bombyx (type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth)

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