DOMESTICATED SILKWORM MOTH

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Bombyx mori; domestic silkworm moth; domesticated silkworm moth

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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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