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BOMBYX
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth
Synonyms:
Bombyx; genus Bombyx
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bombyx" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Bombyx"):
Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth; domesticated silkworm moth (stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce)
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)
Holonyms ("Bombyx" is a member of...):
Bombycidae; family Bombycidae (Chinese silkworm moth)