bombyx mori

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1. stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care; the source of most of the silk commerce (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	bombycid, bombycid moth, silkworm moth,
definition	:	moderate-sized Asiatic moth whose larvae feed on mulberry leaves and produce silk (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	bombyx, genus bombyx,
definition	:	type genus of the Bombycidae: Chinese silkworm moth (noun.animal)