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    BOMBYX

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm mothplay

    Synonyms:

    Bombyx; genus Bombyx

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    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)

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