bombyx
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1. type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | arthropod genus, |
| definition | : | a genus of arthropods (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | bombyx mori, domestic silkworm moth, domesticated silkworm moth, |
| definition | : | stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce (noun.animal) |
| member holonym | : | silkworm, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | bombycidae, family bombycidae, |
| definition | : | Chinese silkworm moth (noun.animal) |
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