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    FAMILY BOMBYCIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Chinese silkworm mothplay

    Synonyms:

    Bombycidae; family Bombycidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Bombycidae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Bombycidae"):

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

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

    Holonyms ("family Bombycidae" is a member of...):

    Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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