Meaning Of The Word Silkworm

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silkworm
countable noun: A silkworm is the young form of a Chinese moth and it produces silk.

silkworm in American English
any of certain moth caterpillars (esp. family Bombycidae) that produce cocoons of silk fiber: they feed chiefly on mulberry leaves, and some species (esp. Bombyx mori) are cultivated as the source of commercial silk
noun: the larva of the Chinese silkworm moth, Bombyx mori, which spins a cocoon of commercially valuable silk

silkworm in British English
noun: the larva of the Chinese moth Bombyx mori, that feeds on the leaves of the mulberry tree: widely cultivated as a source of silk

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